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Balochi rugs (
Balochi: ), also called Baluch or Baluchi, are a group of carpets woven by the
Baloch tribes in
Nimroz province,
Sistan and Baluchistan province, and
Khorasan province
Khorasan ( ; also transcribed as Khurasan, Xorasan and Khorassan), also called Traxiane during Hellenistic and Parthian Empire, Parthian times, was a Provinces of Iran, province in northeastern Iran until September 2004, when it was divided in ...
(
Khorasani Baloch) in the northeast and southeast of Iran.
Techniques and structures
Baloch rugs are typically eight feet in length, which made them lighter and easier to transport.
Nature
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, animal figurines,
religious beliefs in Baluch prayer rugs, and objects of interest and use by the people of the tribe and the villagers are visualized in these designs. They are mostly designed geometrically with lines and surfaces, creating abstract and non-abstract patterns.
Mehrabi is a
prayer rug
A prayer rug or prayer mat is a piece of fabric, sometimes a pile carpet, used by Muslims, some Christians, especially in Orthodox Christianity and some followers of the Baháʼí Faith during prayer.
In Islam, a prayer mat is placed between th ...
designed in the Balochi style, and it typically features a
mihrab or arch at one end of the rug.
Materials and colors
Their material typically includes
wool
Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and other mammals, especially goats, rabbits, and camelids. The term may also refer to inorganic materials, such as mineral wool and glass wool, that have some properties similar to animal w ...
or a mixture of wool and goat hair; newer carpets have a warp made of cotton and sturdy wool pile rugs.
Baloch rugs tend to be a dark combination of reds, browns, and blues, with touches of white.
Gallery
File:Carpet, Iran, Vicinity of Mashhad (Baluchistan), 20th century.jpeg, Balochi rug woven in Balochistan, 20th century, among the works of art the Cleveland Museum of Art
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(CMA).
References
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