Rugs from western part of Persia and instruments from Hawaii (7)
I believe the answer is:
perukes
'rugs from western part' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'persia and instruments from hawaii' is the wordplay.
'persia' becomes 'per' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'instruments from hawaii' becomes 'ukes' (I've seen this in another clue).
'per'+'ukes'='PERUKES'
'of' is the link.
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