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Modern Afghan Pictorial Map Rug, No.33059 - Galerie Shabab

Modern Afghan Pictorial Map Rug

No. 33059
Afghanistan, 21st century
4 ft. 3 in. x 5 ft. 2 in.
(1.30 x 1.57 m)

A wool pile of asymmetric knots on a cotton foundation. This short-warp scatter rug depicts a world map in Mercator projection, with national flags arranged in two columns or rows to form a border. The blue-grey ocean includes a labeling error, identifying the southern sea as Arctic rather than Antarctic. Longitudinal lines with Greenwich Mean Time and marked latitudes are shown, and the Falkland Islands are also indicated. The design was likely copied from a geography schoolbook.

 
 
 
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