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| Title | Herat Mosque with Column |
| Subject | War rugs--Afghanistan--History--20th century ; War rugs--Afghanistan--History--21st century ; War rugs--Middle East--History--20th century ; War rugs--Middle East--History--21st century ; War rugs--Asia, Central--History--20th century ; War rugs--Asia, Central--History--21st century ; Afghanistan--Social life and customs ; Mosques ; Herat (Afghanistan) |
| Description | This rug has a cityscape centrefield and a geometric border. The centrefield features a street scene in Herat. It illustrates a mosque complex with several stacked towers and a row of vehicles. The sky above the towers is divided into three vertical sections: the outermost two are light brown; the central one is dark brown. A horizontal zigzag line separates these from a blue band embellished with a row of red and orange fighter jets. Below the vehicles are two rows of bushes, the topmost red, and the bottommost orange, both on a blue ground. The border has a hooked meander design in blue on a red ground. The ends are plain-woven in natural cream and brown wool, with natural wool fringes. The selvedges are red wool. |
| Narrative | The Great Mosque of Herat (Masjid-i Jami) is a large, congregational mosque in Herat, a city in western Afghanistan. It was built on the site of earlier mosques from about 1200 AD and has been added to and restored frequently since then. Boxy, perhaps Soviet-style vehicles line the road in front of the mosque, while jets fill the skies. |
| Region | Afghanistan |
| Time Period depicted/represented | Late 20th century, Early 21st century |
| Type of textile | rugs ; carpets |
| Dimensions [cm] | 151 x 90.5 |
| Materials | wool |
| Technique | knotted pile |
| Language of Inscriptions | zxx |
| 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. Afghan Nationalism, Souvenirs |
| 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 | 2009.014.000 |
| Type | image |
