Baluch Collection

19th century examples of Persian Baluch are small dark piled rugs woven by various non-Baluch people in NE (Khurasan) Persia and in SE Persia's Sistan region. Afghan Baluch were woven in West Afghanistan by other non Baluch people like the Chahar Aimaq. True Baluch weaving, by Baluch nomads, occurs in West Pakistan. Weaving native flat-woven textiles out of dark goat wool into rugged supplemental compound flat-weaves in the form of utilitarian bags, floor and animal covers, vanity bags and saddlebags with very few piled rugs.