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Cloth3332/32

Off-white square cloth with one small circular mirror at centre. Composed of two layers of fabric stitched together along sides in purple, with edges turned in. Heavily embroidered on off-white face, with pink side plain. Band filled with repeating swirl designs across bottom. A large triangle extends up into a diamond, and then from the top and two sides of the diamond extends a band which splits into two, with each curling down. Small swirls are within the larger designs and around them as well.

Culture
Pashtun ?
Material
metal, glass, fibre and dye
Made in
Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cloth3332/31

White square cloth with large heart at centre of design. Extending from the heart are four curled arms and, from top, two leaf-ended branches(?). Small wave-like swirls border the larger design. Four small mirrors within the ends of the curled vines of the embroidery. Two layers of fabric stitched together by embroidered design.

Culture
Pashtun ?
Material
metal, glass, fibre and dye
Made in
Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dress Panel3332/30

Small rectangular piece of cloth, thought to be part of a dress. The base fabric is red, with smaller sections of orange fabric, light green fabric and burgundy fabric layered over top. Over the green fabric are two green and red embroidered rectangles, with three rows of looped embroidery(?), then red with copper metal over top, and a calico pattern at centre. On the orange fabric below are two embroidered squares, mainly in a red design.

Culture
Pashtun ?
Material
silk fibre, metal, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3332/24

Small square textile. Front is purple silk(?), which is embroidered with light reddish-brown, green and grey as well as plaited gold metal fibres in three squares. Centre square has flower(?) design with small grey sequins each with a single light blue bead. Heavily beaded in light blue around edges, with four multicoloured roundels, one in each corner. Backed with a medium reddish-brown cotton.

Culture
Pashtun ?
Material
metal, silk fibre ?, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Collar3332/19

Star-shaped textile with slit for head at centre, folded in half to create a collar. Heavily embroidered in black, red, orange, off-white designs. Edged with a band of dark brown-black cotton, and then three thin finely-plaited, with long black and red silk(?) fringe around the edge of the entire textile.

Culture
Pashtun ?
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre ? and dye
Made in
Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Purse3332/16

Heavily embroidered and beaded wallet, or purse, with small mirrors. Layered fabrics sewn together - light green-grey, and one section of mustard yellow. Rectangular piece with three openings on front. Light blue beading around each opening, and beaded fringe along all edges. Small circular mirrors inset within small embroidered burgundy circles on both sides. Edges lined, front and back, with fishtail plaited black and metallic thread.

Culture
Pashtun ?
Material
metal, glass, fibre and dye
Made in
Pakistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Book Cover3332/12

Square piece of fabric, with three corners folded in on itself, and then sewn together with heavy black thread creating an envelope-shaped case. Has additional green piece of fabric at throat of envelope. Four flower-shaped roundels. Front heavily decorated with small circular mirrors and embroidered floral-like pattern. Heavily embroidered all over with organic designs. Long pink and green tie with tassel at end.

Culture
Pashtun ?
Material
glass, silk fibre ?, fibre and dye
Made in
Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Book Cover3332/9

Case composed of a square piece of fabric, with three corners folded in on itself, and then sewn together with silver thread creating an envelope-shaped case. Embroidered all over in concentric squares with swirled designs in between in light green, red, black and burgundy, and a small circular mirror at centre.

Culture
Pashtun ?
Material
metal, glass, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3332/6

Long narrow textile with three roundels with mirror at centre evenly spaced across fabric. Backed with colourful calico fabric. Silver fibre decorations.

Culture
Pashtun ?
Material
glass, silver metal, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Pakistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3332/3

Thin rectangular silk textile with silk embroidery and a reddish-brown cotton backing. Edged with short fringe in sections of yellow, red, orange, green, and light green. The edge is also decorated by metal(?) thread.

Culture
Pashtun ?
Material
cotton fibre, metal, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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