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Shoes811/10 a-b

Leather shoes covered with golden embroidery. Toes curl sharply upwards. M-shaped opening for the foot with a piece of green fabric sewn onto the tip of the centre point. Protruding, embroidered leather piece attached to back of heel.

Culture
Afghan
Material
skin, dye, fibre and metal
Made in
Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head Ornament811/6

Silver coloured chain with rows of hanging ornaments. Includes an Iranian coin with calligraphy in its centre.

Culture
Afghan
Material
metal
Made in
Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Nose Ornament811/5

Round silver coloured metal piece with slender hook on underside. Has piece of circular blue glass(?) in centre and small triangles of alternating blue and red around the larger centre piece.

Culture
Afghan
Material
metal and glass
Made in
Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bracelet811/3

A flat oval-shaped metal bracelet with an open space in between the ends. The etched design consists of an x-shaped four-petaled floral pattern in a horizontal row connected in the middle with a line which has diagonal lines within.

Culture
Afghan
Material
metal
Made in
Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bracelet811/2

Bracelet beaded over cloth and flexible core material. Beading is in a horizontal diamond formation and done with light blue, yellow and red coloured beads. White button on one end of bracelet and a fibre loop on the other.

Culture
Afghan
Material
glass and fibre
Made in
Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dress811/11

Home sewn woman’s western-style dress, made of purple polyester double knit textile. Round neckline finished with a facing. Set-in long sleeves; cuffs at wrist closed by plastic buttons (three on the right cuff, two on the left). Bust darts in front; vertical darts at the waist in back. Plastic coil zipper at centre back; slightly A-line.

Culture
Afghan
Material
plastic, polyester fibre, dye and metal
Made in
USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Footed Pants811/8

Woman’s very loose-fitting, grey-blue drawstring pants with attached foot coverings. Made of cotton, rayon or cotton/silk textile. The pink drawstring is made of braided cording. There are large gussets in the front and back at the crotch area. At the ankle, the fullness of the textile is finely pleated onto the attached foot coverings, which resemble socks and are shaped to fit the foot; the tops are made of the same textile as the pants and are embroidered with slightly darker floss in a dense floral pattern; the soles are black. The garment is pieced in places.

Culture
Pashtun: Kuchi
Material
cotton fibre, dye, silk fibre ? and rayon fibre ?
Made in
Ghazni, Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hair Band811/16

Hair band composed of a strip of black fabric with a series of multicoloured bands at both diagonally cut ends. One end is fringed; the other end and the sides are hemmed. Fringed end has orange, gray, purple and yellow narrow stripes.

Culture
Pashtun
Material
rayon fibre ?, dye, silk fibre ? and wool fibre ?
Made in
Ghazni, Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl811/15

Repeated white fabric floral motif on white transparent fabric.

Culture
Afghan
Material
fibre
Made in
Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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