Baluch Prayer Rug

Wool, early 20th c., the light brown field with large hatch-marks in squares alternating on poles with leaf-like motifs in darker browns, navy blue, and rust colors, surrounded by borders of reciprocal waves, crosses, and rams-horn motifs, with dark brown horsehair selvages.

3 ft. 2.5 in. x 5 ft. 2 in.

From the Collection of the late Mr. & Mrs. Paul and Betty Mushak, Durham, North Carolina

wear and loss to pile, loss to fringes, repairs, stabilizing stitches added to ends, areas of exposed foundation.