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Culture
Baluchi people
Creation date
mid 19th century
Materials
wool
Dimensions
36 x 68 in. | 91.4 x 172.7 cm.
Credit line
Colonel Jeff W. Boucher Collection
Accession number
1996.75
Collection
Not Currently On View
The weaver of this rug changed her mind after she wove the first row of motifs in the bottom of the field.
The design - alternating blocks of plant and geometric motifs - was changed to a simple all-over plant design. However, the weaver used the dyed black wool in the central vertical panel in the field, thus creating a unique rug.
Colonol Jeff W. Boucher, Alexandria, Virginia; given to Indianapolis Museum of Art (1996).