Khurjin: Afghanistan's Handwoven Wool Saddlebag

Khurjin: Afghanistan's Handwoven Wool Saddlebag

The khurjin is one of the most practical objects rural Afghanistan has produced — a double-pocketed wool saddlebag, woven flat on the ground and then folded and stitched into shape. It travels to the field, the market, the mill, and back, draped across the back of a horse or donkey — and increasingly, hanging from a bicycle or motorcycle too.

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