D3164 - Very Fine Tribal Sivas

D3164 - Very Fine Tribal SivasSize 293 x 207 cm, 9'7 x 6'9 Hand made in Afghanistan from hand spun wool and natural dyes This rug contains approximately 1213020 knots, and would have taken 202 days to weave and finish These rugs are Turkoman tribal rugs from Northern Afghanistan using local Ghazni hand spun wool, which is probably the best wool in the world for hand knotted rugs. These Hazara tribes people are mostly Shia Muslim and badly persecuted by the Taliban majority.

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This rug contains approximately 84672 knots

Size 196 x 118 cm

9'10 x 8'0

This rug contains approximately 118584 knots

This rug contains approximately 205000 knots

This rug contains approximately 183600 knots

ever since the Persian Moghuls conquered this area and brought the ancient skills of carpet knotting to this region

Size 170 x 77 cm

Many of the people of Turkoman origin fled to Pakistan when the Russians invaded Afghanistan and most of the rugs are now woven close to Peshawar on the Afghan - Pakistan border

Size 184 x 123 cm

7'10 x 5'9 ft