Salor Beluch Rug 6.4 x 3.2 feet Material: Wool on wool Manufacturing period: 1900-1949 Country: Afghanistan Condition: Overall in fair condition with traces of ageing and usage This is an early 20th century runner attributed to the Beluch tribe featuring the so-called Salor gul. Salor nomads is one of the oldest-recorded Turkoman tribes. This geometric pattern is commonly referred to in scholarship as the Holbein pattern. Hans Holbein, the 16th century German painter is renowned for his extensive use of Ottoman or (as is the case with the Salor gϋl) pre-Ottoman carpet in his painting as part of the backdrop. This small runner is a work of the nomads from Afghanistan dated likely at the end of the 19th century who followed an ancient pattern inherited from the antiquity, a generation after a generation, without any knowledge of Holbein, and any scholarship in the matter.