Transporting

When all sheets of the talam have been completed, the newly knotted rug is cut from the loom and taken to the warehouse in Lahore for finishing. It may be transported by car, ox cart, train or on the back of a motorbike or bicycle.

Rugs are transported on a horse-drawn cart known as a tonga. Lahore, Pakistan

When the rug comes from the village, it is first numbered, measured and recorded in a daily logbook. This allows the artisan group to note the design and size of the rug, the artisan who produced it, the village in which they live and the name of the village supervisor.

Ehsan and Ishaq are checking in rugs from the village of Sheikpura, Pakistan.