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Bag916/1

Small, embroidered, red envelope style bag, made by folding and stitching three corners of a multi-coloured embroidered square together, leaving the fourth corner open as a flap. The central design motif is a hooked sun disc (circular medallion surrounded by numerous spiral ‘arms’) set within a square, which is surrounded by a row of mirrors and geometric border designs. The majority of the embroidered motifs are worked in fine chain stitch. All edges are finished with a heavy black cord that is couched in place with gold metallic thread. A narrow black cord is attached at the point of the flap. The bag is lined with tan and green machine printed cotton textile with a small floral pattern.

Culture
Pashtun ?
Material
cotton fibre, dye, glass, alloy metal and silk fibre
Made in
Ghazni, Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hanging1228/6

Long rectangular hanging constructed of wool cut pile textile. The top edge of the hanging is concave, while the bottom edge is straight and is finished with very long red and black fringes that are overlaid with a netting of brown and white braided fibre. Five large diamond-shaped designs, which are embellished with many smaller geometric motifs, are prominently displayed in the design field. The designs are worked in black and off-white on a dark red background.

Culture
Turkmen ?
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag1201/31

Embroidered, multi-coloured, flat, square envelope style bag or purse made by folding and stitching a square piece so that three of its corners meet in the centre, leaving the fourth corner free to form a flap. The seams are roughly sewn with yellow thread. The geometric embroidered designs are worked in white, black, blue and yellow silk floss on red, loosely-woven cotton textile. In addition to stitchery, the piece is embellished with mirrors.

Culture
Rabari ? or Ahir ?
Material
cotton fibre, dye, glass, metal and silk fibre
Made in
India ? or Pakistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Purse1201/26

Rectangular wallet-style purse, heavily embroidered with couched metal-wrapped thread and appliquéd mirrors. The embroidery designs are linear, with rows of mirrors and shiny strips arranged in rows. The metallic thread is silver which is couched with orange thread, making the metallic thread appear to be gold. Decorative embroidery stitches are worked in purple thread. The top and side edges of the wallet are trimmed with multicoloured glass beads. There are two small pockets and one large pocket on the reverse side.

Culture
Pashtun
Material
silk fibre ?, dye, glass, metal, cotton fibre and rayon fibre ?
Made in
Ghazni, Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag1201/23

Small, rectangular, multicoloured, embroidered bag, with three edges closed, one edge left open to form a flat bag. The closed edges are trimmed with blue and white beading, and the open edge is bound with purple silk. Embroidered designs are worked in orange thread on a red ground, with small touches of purple, green, and bright pink. Embroidered designs are geometric, consisting of whorls and x-shaped figures, organized into border designs, squares and rectangles. Rows of metallic and red sequins are used to accent the shapes within the design field. The embroidery is backed with rust coloured silk or cotton textile. The two sides of the flat bag are identical in colour and style of embroidery, but differ slightly in the choice of motifs.

Culture
Pashtun
Material
silk fibre, glass, dye, gelatin, metal, cotton fibre and plastic ?
Made in
Ghazni, Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cuff1201/11

A densely embroidered, multi-coloured cuff, consisting of a wide band (13.4 cm) joined to form a cylindrical shape. Embroidered designs in the form of large X’s and asterisk-shapes, worked in red floss outlined in light gray-white on brown cotton textile, alternate in the central design field, and there are bands of red, orange and light gray-white embroidered geometric designs at the edges. There are two large pompoms, one orange and one red, sewn to the seam where the two ends of the band are joined.

Culture
Nuristani ?
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Nuristan, Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PillowcaseEa6

A plain woven rectangular cotton pillow cover with four large pink, and gold-coloured wool, tassels. Embroidered with lines, butterflies, and flowers, all in abstract motifs. Gold-coloured thread around the tassles. One side open with copper metallic, and pink embroidered lace on it. Decorated with a few light pink sequins.

Culture
Afghan
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre, copper metal, silk fibre, metal, dye and synthetic fibre
Made in
Kabul, Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll3612/10 a-e

Standing female doll (part a) wearing a red and white floral patterned dress. The dress is secured with a single snap fastener at the back of the neck. She wears long white pants under the dress with ornate floral ribbon around the hems. She wears a thin white veil (part b) with a head covering (part c) overtop which covers most of her torso at the front and extends to her ankles at the back. The head covering is blue with blue decorative embroidery on the front panel. Her black embroidery floss hair is braided and secured with an orange hair tie with a single pin holding it in place. She wears leather sandals (parts d-e) with silver metallic straps. Her eyes, eyebrows, mouth and nails are painted on and her nose and ears are sewn.

Culture
Afghan
Material
cotton fibre, skin, paint and metal
Made in
Kabul, Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll3612/11 a-d

Standing male doll (part a) with hands at his sides. He wears a light grey tunic shirt with matching pants and a brown open-front vest with vertical stripes. The tunic has two clear buttons securing the front of the shirt. He wears a pinkish-beige hat which is secured in place with two straight pins, over black hair of embroidery floss. His eyes, eyebrows, mouth and nails are painted on and his nose and ears are sewn. He also has a white cotton with black plaid neck scarf (part d), and a pair of black vinyl sandals (parts b-c) on his feet.

Culture
Afghan
Material
cotton fibre, synthetic fibre, paint and plastic
Made in
Kabul, Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bowl3570/3

Pottery bowl with glaze patterns in turquoise blue and off-white, with smaller designs in dark brown. The round bowl has deep sides, a wide lip and a footed base. The base is unglazed and has written inscriptions with date and place information.

Culture
Afghan
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
Istalif, Kabul, Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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