Dress Item Number: 3332/29 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Long-sleeved dress with v-neck. Majority of dress is a green silk, with two blue rectangular patches on front. Hem, cuffs and front heavily embroidered in mainly orange, pink and red with many other colours. Large pentagon-shaped pocket on front with one opening on the right. Small mirror decorations on chest, hem and centre of front. Bright green silk patches on back of shoulders. Large pink section on lower back.
Narrative
Origin uncertain. Purchased by the donors in a store in Quetta, Pakistan, where many Afghan refugees lived.
Item History
- Made in Afghanistan ? or Pakistan ?
- Owned by Imelda Phelan and Fergus MacIntosh before November 20, 2018
- Received from Imelda Phelan (Donor) and Fergus MacIntosh (Donor) on November 20, 2018
What
- Name
- Dress
- Identification Number
- 3332/29
- Type of Item
- dress
- Material
- glass, metal, silk fibre, cotton fibre and dye
- Overall
- height 93.0 cm, width 146.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Pashtun ?
- Previous Owner
- Imelda Phelan and Fergus MacIntosh
- Received from
- Imelda Phelan (Donor) and Fergus MacIntosh (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Afghanistan ? or Pakistan ?
When
- Ownership Date
- before November 20, 2018
- Acquisition Date
- on November 20, 2018
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 3332/0029