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Basket1187/1

Basket with cone-shaped wooden frame and woven sides. Six branches form the conical frame, attached at the top to a circular branch with thin strips of hide. The sides are an open, twilled weave of black and white hair. There is a long strap attached to one side of the frame, also woven black and white hair.

Culture
Nuristani ?
Material
wood, skin and hair fibre
Made in
Nuristan, Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Scoop1187/11

A wood scoop with two bowls attached by a wood piece in the middle which carved with an x-shape and vertical lines. One bowl is larger than the other. Both bowls are rimmed with sharp metal teeth.

Culture
Afghan
Material
wood and metal
Made in
Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Backless Blouse1187/10

Woman’s backless blouse with plain bodice, pieced from blue, yellow and red cotton broadcloth, and decorative elbow length sleeves, pieced from panels of embroidery and jacquard-woven ribbon. It has a V neckline in the front and ties at the centre back neck and at the waist with self-fabric ties. The embroidered panels on the sleeves are embellished with metal sequins and mirrors. There is a small pocket on the lower right side of the blouse.

Culture
South Asian
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre, glass, silver alloy metal and dye
Made in
India ? or Pakistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ladle1187/8

A large wood spoon with a long handle that has a triangular protrusion in between the handle and its flat rounded end. Sinew is tied below the triangular protrusion.

Culture
Afghan
Material
wood and sinew
Made in
Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ladle1187/7

A wood ladle with the top handle curved and angled into a flat circular end dipping up into a protrusion.

Culture
Afghan
Material
wood and skin
Made in
Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ladle1187/6

A wood ladle with a deep bowl and a handle that curves from bottom of the bowl of the spoon and then straightens out with a flat round protrusion at its end. Sinew is looped around near the top of the handle.

Culture
Afghan
Material
wood and sinew
Made in
Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bowl1187/3

A deep circular wood bowl with a handle and a y-shaped decoration carved at the opposite end. The design consists of vertical indents all around the side.

Culture
Afghan
Material
wood
Made in
Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Saddle Blanket1376/10

Large, multi-coloured, decorative saddle blanket made from rough wool warp-faced textile and backed with a thick layer of felted wool fleece. It is rectangular in shape, with a deep squared-off indentation (37 cm x 53 cm) at the forward end of the blanket. Cords made of braided wool fibre (72 cm long) are attached at the inside top corners of the indentation. Loops made of brown braided wool fibre are sewn near the bottom inside corners of the indentation. Two long, narrow triangular pieces are sewn at the outside edge of the back end of the blanket, making the back end of the blanket wider than the front end. The predominant colours are dark red and black, and the textile is woven in stripes that run lengthwise to the body of the horse; solid coloured stripes alternate with patterned stripes that are embellished with geometric forms. All outside edges are finished with patterned braid and long (16 cm) multi-coloured twisted fibre fringe. The heavy layer of brown felted fleece that is used as a backing over the entire underside of the blanket is quilted to the top layer with running stitches.

Culture
Turkmen ? or Uzbek ?
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tent Band1375/2

A long thin woven fabric band. Main design is consisting of red dashes along a thin central black line that has various light brown intervalled geometric patterns at either side on a red background. Long skips of supplementary warp on the other side. The ends are consisting of two braids.

Culture
Afghan ?
Material
wool fibre ? and dye
Made in
Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1046/4

Rectangular, multi-coloured silk ikat bed cover or wall hanging, backed with machine printed, floral cotton textile. On the ikat side are 25 narrow vertical stripes of seven-colour warp-face ikat designs, separated by narrower, unpatterned green, yellow, or red-purple stripes. The weft is bright pink, giving the piece an over-all rosy appearance. The machine printed cotton backing textile is predominantly red, with brown, tan and white details, and the piece is bound on all four edges with bias cut green silk textile. Several lengths of ikat textile were pieced together to achieve the desired width.

Culture
Uzbek
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Uzbekistan ? or Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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