Baluch Ensi or Area Rug

Wool on wool foundation, the field with center khatch separated by borders of cross-hatch motifs, with sawtooth column borders and repeating ram's horn borders.

3 ft. 7 in. x 5 ft. 1 in.

From the Estate of the late Susan C. Frankenberg, Hillsborough, North Carolina

The ensi was a curtain used to cover the door of the nomad's tent, used by many Turkoman tribes.

Significant wear; areas with loss of pile and exposed foundation; loss to fringe edges; several holes.