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NecklaceB810

Necklace with six strands of opaque orange and white glass beads with larger red and blue translucent glass beads to the sides and a length of braided grey cord at each end. Intersperced with three large oval silver beads that have three low relief squares with a floral motif at the centre of each. Each oval silver bead has a border of circles and small bosses.

Culture
Kalash
Material
silver metal, glass and fibre
Made in
Chitral, Northwest Frontier, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RingB827

Ring composed of an oval-shaped white translucent stone (?) set in a metal band.

Culture
Kalash ?
Material
metal and stone ?
Made in
Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RingB806 a-b

Pair of hand-made brass rings: a) is a piece of red glass set into a brass ring with two slits in the band either side of the glass setting; b) is a ring made of clear, red and green beads strung onto brass wire with a brass wire band.

Culture
Kalash
Material
brass metal and glass
Made in
Broun, Northwest Frontier, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadbandB830

A fabric band, over which, there is metalwork, and beadwork. There is a circle at the centre front, from the top of which, a thin band of fabric extends over to the other side to connect to another perpendicular thin band of fabric, creating an upside down t-shape. The central circle has a red, and dark blue glass dot in the middle surrounded by a six-pointed silver-coloured metal star that has a light blue bead at each point. Outside the star, in between each point, there is an alternating pattern of red, and green glass. The star is outlined with an alternating pattern of red, and light blue beads. The sides of the front of the band has silver-coloured metalwork decorated with vertical lines of light blue beads along the middle, and edged by red, and light blue beads. Diamond-shaped, circular-shaped, and bell-shaped silver-coloured metal objects dangle along the bottom.

Culture
Kalash ?
Material
fibre, metal and glass
Made in
Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress1498/2

A woman’s headdress consisting of a crown and a broad panel that hangs down along the back. It is shaped from a piece of coarsely woven dark brown and blue textile and is heavily decorated with cowrie shells, red and white glass beads, and embroidery. The crown portion is embellished with closely-spaced rows of cowrie shells and a central strip of geometric shapes formed from red and white glass beads. There is a large brown and orange pom pom at the centre back. The “tail” is decorated with scattered small buttons of various kinds and small silver diamond-shaped ornaments. A costume jewelry brooch (gold with red and blue stones) is pinned in the centre. There is a strip of embroidered geometric shapes at the end of the “tail", and the bottom edge is finished with a braided fringe formed from the warp threads of the textile.

Culture
Kalash
Material
wool fibre, goat hair fibre ?, cotton fibre, cowrie shell, glass, plastic and dye
Made in
Chitral, Northwest Frontier, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress1498/1

A woman’s headdress made from coarsely woven dark brown wool textile. Consisting of a headband and an attached narrow “tail” or streamer that hangs down the back. Lavishly decorated with cowrie shells, red, and white glass beads, buttons, and embroidery. The headband is embellished with two rows of cowrie shells separated by a row of red glass beads. The bottom edge of the headband is finished with multi-coloured embroidery resembling a braid. The “tail” is trimmed with many buttons, red, and white glass beads, and cowrie shells forming floral and geometric shapes. The bottom is fringed (about 13.5 cm.) and the side edges are finished with red, blue, and yellow-green embroidery resembling a braid. The textile used to construct the headband is woven in plain weave while the streamer is made from warp yarns which have been braided and loosely woven together to form a fabric.

Culture
Kalash
Material
wool fibre, goat hair fibre ?, cotton fibre ?, cowrie shell, glass, plastic and dye
Made in
Chitral, Northwest Frontier, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DressB791

Large black dress with embroidery. The neck and sleeve bands are rectangular with a triangular pattern in yellow, red, blue and white. The hem has a rectangular band with a cross pattern in red and green on the front; yellow and blue on the back. Above the band are several sacred markhor mountain goat designs in white, red, green, yellow and blue.

Culture
Kalash
Material
cotton fibre and silk fibre
Made in
Broun, Northwest Frontier, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SashB792 a

Long, rectangular, narrow burgundy wool sash with a twisted, threaded fringe on the ends. There are seven black stripes split between a central band which is detailed with a black lozenge pattern.

Culture
Kalash
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Broun, Northwest Frontier, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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EarringsB831 a-b

Pair of earrings each consisting of a crescent-shaped metal body inlaid with opaque red and blue glass beads and transparent red beads with a piece of crescent-shaped glass over red paint (?), a series of spherical metal balls attached on the outer bottom edge, and a metal hook at the top.

Culture
Kalash ?
Material
silver alloy metal ?, glass and paint ?
Made in
Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SashB829

Plain woven sash with different coloured fringed ends. Both ends have three light blue bands with blue stripes, one end has narrow bands of red checker, a pink diamond shape in center band, and pink and blue fringe, two with red stripes. Other end is similar but with pink checker bands and pink and blue fringe.

Culture
Kalash ?
Material
cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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