Description:	Afghan felted cloth hanging, probably of the Kyrgyz. From the collection of Tamor and Elaine Shah and was exhibited in 1998 at the Georgia Museum of Art of the University of Georgia as part of the exhibition: From Desert and Oasis: Arts of the Peoples of Central Asia.
Date of Artwork:	mid-19th to mid-20th century

Notes: This is a fine example of the unit cells technique since the red and gold star shapes can be seen as contained within unit squares which repeat in a grid-like fashion throughout the design. Also, the use of color in this design is very interesting. At first glance, the design can be considered as red and gold star shapes against a brown and tan background since our eyes are drawn to the more prominent red and gold colors and since the design seems to start and end with red and gold shapes. However, it can just as easily be seen as brown and tan crosses against a red and gold background. Why does this happen? The red and gold colors are very similar to each other in hue and value; thus, it is easy for our eyes to blend the two colors together as a background. The lightness of the tan color also helps to create this effect, since light colors seem closer to our eyes.

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