Afghan Maimana Kilim mihrab Handmade from Handspun Wool

Handmade from Handspun Wool

Size: 282 x 148 cm

meaning “Six Moon wall hanging

migrating twice a year across the Zagros Mountains between highland summer pastures and lowland winter grazing grounds

each one working with the field rather than against it

Afghan Maimana Kilim mihrab Handmade from Handspun WoolMaimana is a provincial capital in northern Afghanistan, and it produces some of the most distinctive flatweave rugs in the country. The weavers here are predominantly Uzbek, and their kilim tradition stretches back centuries, shaped by the nomadic cultures of the region and the Turkmen, Uzbek and Pashtun influences that have long intersected in this part of Afghanistan. What makes Maimana kilims particularly rare is who makes them. This is one of the