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Carpet bag

Herat, Afghanistan

Carpet bags saddle a donkey. Woven as kilim, the bags reflect traditional arts. Donkey and boy stand in front of an adobe wall, made in the age-old way of adding straw to wet clay. In the slightly dry climate of Afghanistan it stands up remarkably well.

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