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Gun Holder3332/13

Two pieces of fabric, sewn together on two sides with short edge open. The textile has a wide end, which is open, and tapers in to a narrow end. One side is straight, the other curved. Heavily embroidered with beaded work along the edges. Gold fibre applique around edges and following shape within textile. Green glass button with mirror on small dark red pompom at top centre, with short beaded strap extending up from.

Culture
Pashtun ?
Material
metal, glass, wool fibre, fibre and dye
Made in
Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Decorative Textile3332/7

V-shaped, multicoloured, embroidered, decorative band with a long dark green twisted fringe along the bottom edge. Heavily embroidered geometric designs all over front large diamonds across the centre, with small triangles through the bands along the top and bottom. backed with a red and off-white striped cotton fabric.

Culture
Central Asian ?
Material
silk fibre ?, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pouch3332/15

Pouch made of a square piece of beige fabric, with three corners folded in on itself, and then sewn together creating an envelope-shaped case. Large orange and brown flower design at centre with burgundy petals except for two light green and two royal blue petals. Bordered by concentric squares which contain repeating asterisk designs and zigzag designs. Four pompoms, three dark purple-pink at bottom corners and tip, and one light yellow at centre of opening. Dark gold metal fibre and green-black thread lining the edge of the large square, which has then been folded and sewn.

Culture
Hazara ?
Material
metal, fibre and dye
Made in
Hazarajat, Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Table Cloth3366/2

Large off-white rectangular table cloth with ivory hand-embroidery. Edge of the cloth is embroidered creating a scalloped-edge. Five concentric embroidered designs follow the outer edges of the fabric - three zigzags with two repeating designs in between. Across the centre are three columns by six rows of embroidered crosses.

Culture
Afghan
Material
fibre
Made in
Afghanistan ? or Pakistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dress3295/13

Dress composed of two main fabrics - dark floral sleeves and a bright red and orange floral skirt. The chest and cuffs are heavily decorated with applique, embroidery, Government of Pakistan coins (some pounded), semi-translucent white buttons, metal decorations, and beading. Six red and white beaded tassels hang in front - two lower at centre, four longer tassels extending down from bottom row of coins. The hem of the skirt is a thick solid mauve, bordered by a thin band of green, and heavily embroidered in silver metal thread.

Culture
Afghan ?
Material
cotton fibre, metal, silk fibre ?, glass ? and polyester fibre ?
Made in
Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse3295/11

Short top with long green sleeves, partially lined interior with brown fabric. The chest and cuffs are heavily decorated with applique, embroidery, Government of Pakistan coins (some pounded), semi-translucent white buttons, metal decorations, and beading. Four red and yellow beaded tassels hang in front - two at centre, two on the jacket's left. Small rectangular piece of blue and floral fabric is inside the garment at centre. The back is a solid burgundy.

Culture
Afghan ?
Material
silk fibre ?, metal and glass ?
Made in
Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dreaming Graffiti—Words3280/4

Photograph printed on plexiglas, showing a large mural painted on a building in Kabul, Afghanistan. Image shows the walls of several buildings side by side along the street, and a man emerging from a door on the right. A cityscape appears above and behind. Painted on the wall is a mural of a stylized woman in a blue burka, facing right. Behind her are blue circular and floral motifs, and across her body are wavy lines of orange with a large grey disc between them. A black vertical lines runs through the image in the first third of the photograph.

Culture
Afghan
Made in
Kabul, Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Words3280/3

Large photograph printed on plexiglas, showing a mural painted on a building in Kabul, Afghanistan. A smooth concrete wall fills the image, a shaft of light falling from top left to bottom right. A stylized painting of a woman in a blue burka is near centre, looking up at a black ball flying through the sky toward a collection of blue circular and floral motifs beside her. Cans of spray paint sit on the ground at bottom.

Culture
Afghan
Made in
Kabul, Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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What about the Dead Fish?3280/2

Small photograph printed on plexiglas, showing a mural painted on a building. A concrete staircase is at bottom left, against a grey decaying concrete wall with a brick under-layer showing through in several places. On the wall is painted a woman appearing to sit on the staircase, wearing a blue burka. On the right is a verse in Afghan Persian, using Perso-Arabic script. The artist’s initials (SH) are painted in blue below. Cans of spray paint can be seen sitting on the steps.

Culture
Afghan
Made in
Kabul, Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dreaming Graffiti3280/1

Photograph printed on plexiglas, showing a large mural-like painting. Image shows two boys on the left against a backdrop of stairs and an alley, houses in the distance. On the right is a light coloured wall with a brown window at top and covered doorway below. The graffiti image is painted over the image of the wall, and shows a woman with closed eyes covering her mouth and forehead with her hands. Her hijab surrounds her face, lifting away from her head to the right and fluttering in front of her blue robe at bottom. There is Arabic text to the right of the figure. There is a curling motif in blue at the bottom.

Culture
Afghan
Made in
Kabul, Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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