Small handmade rug with military imagery: Kalashnikov rifles, helicopters, missile launchers, tanks, hand grenades, fighter jets; all woven in black, brown, green, red-brown and grey on an off-white background. At centre, inside the light grey-brown outline of Afghanistan, is woven 'AFGHAN MOJAHID ZINDA BAAD'. To the right, other texts are inserted. The central design is bordered with a frame of green with red-brown. Long off-white fringe extends from short edges.

• Narrative

  Purchased at Zalmai's Carpets from an Afghan refugee who was a carpet dealer in the city of Peshawar. The other text in the rug says: 'TREASON HAS COME TO THE END', 'USSR OF AFGANESTAN [sic] ON OCCASION OF RUSSIAN AGGRESSERS[sic] FINAL DEFEAT IN AFGHANISTAN'.

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• Type of Item rug
• Culture Afghan
• Material fibre, dye
• Measurements height 111.0 cm, width 59.8 cm, depth 0.4 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Jane Murphy Thomas
• Received from Jane Murphy Thomas

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• Made in Afghanistan
• Collected in Peshawar

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• Collection Date during 1992
• Ownership Date before February 2, 2023
• Acquisition Date on February 2, 2023

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• Item Classes textiles
• Condition fair
• Accession Number 3612/0001