This rope of yak hair, nearly 6m (20ft) long was hand woven by Afghan people from the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan. I received it for Christmas 2009 from my son Chris Philipson. He bought it ...

The yak is a long-haired, hooved ox-like mammal that is found at elevations of 14,000 - 20,000 feet in Nepal, Tibet, China, Mongolia and also in Central Asia. They are not typically aggressive ...