Antique Baluch RugThis unusual Baluch rug displays some striking features. For example, there is no central mihrab, or prayer niche, but two upraised hands (hands of fatima). The camel ground across this field is also desirable to find on such pieces, giving it a luminous quality that leaves the onlooker transfixed on the butterfly shaped motifs. The finishing border pattern gives us a glimpse of the tribal origins of this piece, in a rug that showcases an artistic