3'8" x 6'2" (112cm x 188cm) Turkey: Mid-20th Century Knotted pile: angora
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A great example of this type. Shaggy rugs like this, with long strands of angora goat hair (mohair) in brilliant colors, were woven in West-Central Turkey, the natural habitat of the Angora goat, an indigenous species. The word angora derives from Ankara, Turkey's capital.