Kuban.
/kuːˈbɑː/ = Kabistan n.
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1900 J. K. Mumford Oriental Rugs viii. 100 Caucasian... ‘Kabistan’ or ‘Kuba’.
1931 A. U. Dilley Oriental Rugs & Carpets vii. 178 The name Kuba is applied both to the old weavings, allied to dragon rugs, and to semi-antique rugs of a Kabistan character.
1963 Times 23 Feb. 4/7 A small Kuba carpet, woven in a pattern of dragons and flowers, fetched £2,000.
1972 P. L. Phillips tr. F. Formenton Oriental Rugs & Carpets 242 Kuba or Kabistan, Caucasian carpets of the Shirvan family. The most common decoration is made up of lines of rectangles or squares one above the other along the central part of the field.
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