Designs.—Geometrical devices, hexagons, octagons, etc. Occasionally stiff floral patterns.
Sizes.—Mostly small, two to seven by three to eleven feet.
Cost.—From $1.00 to $2.50 per square foot.
Remarks.—One of the last rugs to be affected by outside influences. Although scarcely any chemical dyes are used, the "doctoring" process has been adopted so that nowadays an unwashed Beluchistan is a scarce article. The modern ones are inferior to the antiques, although all wear well.
THE EXAMPLE ILLUSTRATED
Knot: Senna. Eight to the inch vertically and thirteen horizontally, making one hundred eight to the square inch. The centre field of dark blue is covered with the Mina Khani design, which, being a Kurdish design, is seldom found in Beluchistan products. The two narrow border stripes in white are of the Greek key design upon a background of dark brown, while the main border stripe consists of rectilineal vines and flowers arranged similarly to the Herati border design upon a varying background of light and dark Turkoman red. The webbing at each end is covered with fine designs and stripes and in several places are talismanic tufts of wool.