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Shawl1201/33

Woman’s large embroidered shawl made from greenish black cotton textile, embellished with horizontal rows of red and off-white (or pale yellow) finely embroidered geometric designs worked in silk floss. Rectangular in shape and worn over the head with the wide dimension encircling the wearer; the top two corners are turned back and tacked down to the body of the shawl, where there are large clusters of red broken threads on each side where large ornaments may have once been attached. There is a dense row of bright red, white and blue glass beads and red silk tassels that extends from the edge of one turn-back to the other, at about 32 centimetres from the top of the shawl. The piece has a densely embroidered border and the sides and bottom are edged with a narrow brass(?) chain. The textile is pieced in places.

Culture
Kohistani ?
Material
cotton fibre, glass, dye, silk fibre and brass metal ?
Made in
Kohistan, Northwest Frontier, Pakistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat701/1

Man’s flat pillbox style hat or cap made from soft, brushed, light gray wool textile. The circular crown is sewn to a turned-up cuff, which forms the sides of the hat. The crown is lined with brown silk or rayon satin textile.

Culture
Chitrali ?
Material
wool fibre, rayon fibre ?, silk fibre ? and dye
Made in
Chitral, Northwest Frontier, Pakistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceB803

Necklace made of thick silver wire and thin twined silver wire that have been bent into a large coil. The coil is curved overall and tapers slightly where it joins to two thick segments of silver with recurved ends that have rounded finials with incised lines. At each join there is a flower-shaped decorative element with a red glass centre and two-tiered triangular shapes above and below it, each with low relief bosses overall.

Culture
Kalash ?
Material
silver metal, brass metal and glass
Made in
Chitral, Northwest Frontier, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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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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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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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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Hat1098/1

Helmut-like hat, or cap, with a long flap in the back that covers the ears and back of the neck. It is made of a satin-weave fabric that is machine printed with multi-coloured designs of flowers, leaves and stems, and it is heavily ornamented with glass and plastic beads, metal zipper teeth, plastic buttons, cotton braid and silver-coloured ball chains. On the forehead are panels of curvilinear designs and borders of beading and metal applique. The crown consists of a circular panel of finely-worked silk embroidery on black cotton textile, topped with a beaded topknot and silver ornament. Completely lined with blue-gray cotton.

Culture
Central Asian ?
Material
cotton fibre, synthetic fibre ?, rayon fibre ?, silk fibre, glass, brass metal ?, plastic and dye
Made in
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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