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| Title | Qurban |
| Subject | War rugs--Afghanistan--History--20th century ; War rugs--Afghanistan--History--21st century ; Afghanistan--Social life and customs ; Military weapons |
| Description | This small rug has a centrefield with a mustard yellow ground featuring a handgun on the left hand side pointing upwards. Beside the gun, to the right are a tank, a helicopter, a heart-shaped form and a number of small circle and X filler motifs. Above these is the word "Ourban". The border has a medium brown ground with a small repeating design in black and cream. It has black selvedges, plain-woven ends in natural cotton, and short cotton fringes. |
| Narrative | These tiny rugs are often suggested to be "practice" rugs woven by refugee children. This one depicts a Soviet Makarov semi-automatic pistol beside a tank, a helicopter, and what may be a butterfly mine (PFM-1). The inscription "Qurban" refers to sacrifice. Afghan rugs with this mustard yellow colour are also referred to as ‘chobi' referring to yellow wood. The colour actually comes from isparak, a local plant that produces a yellow dye. |
| Culture/Creator | Turkmen--Chobi |
| Region | Pakistan |
| Time Period depicted/represented | Late 20th century, Early 21st century |
| Type of textile | rugs ; carpets |
| Dimensions [cm] | 39.5 x 31.5 |
| Materials | wool weft and pile ; cotton warp |
| Technique | knotted pile |
| Language of Inscriptions | per |
| Period Made | Late 20th century, Early 21st century |
| Publisher | University of Calgary |
| Collection | Nickle Arts Museum Textile Collection |
| Sub-collection | Fyke Rug Collection |
| Themes | Fyke Rug Collection. Weapons Recognition |
| Rights | This collection is owned by the University of Calgary, Nickle Arts Museum and was donated by Robert Fyke. Permission to use any image or material from this site should be requested from The Nickle Arts Museum.
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| Accession Number | 2009.005.000 |
| Type | image |
