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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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Leggings3332/8 a-b

Leggings made of a heavy fabric, covered entirely in deep red embroidery. One end is edged with a thick border of brown. Each legging is heavily embroidered with a variety of techniques - red and dark green plaiting, red with geometric design cross-stitch, and intricate embroidery organic designs at top divided by two rows of metallic threads.

Culture
Pashtun ?
Material
metal, cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fan3332/42

Fan composed of a painted wooden handle, and a separately woven blade. The blade is decorated around the edge with bands of fabric, which are covered with various needlepoint designs. The edges are lined with black-brown fringe and white beads, which carries over to a diamond-shaped centre design. Also decorated with long tassels in dark red, dark purple, dark blue, gold and dark green. The blade is decorated the same on both sides.

Culture
Pashtun ?
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Pakistan
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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Hat3080/78

Circular hat with metallic embroidery. Silver, bronze, and gold embroidery alternates in checked pattern on exterior. Black embroidery in large crisscross pattern between embroidered metallic blocks. Sides are linear and crown flat. Space at front of brim is cut vertically and diagonally towards the crown. Interior is brown-white with quilted pattern.

Culture
Baluchi
Material
cotton fibre, metal and wool fibre
Made in
Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat3080/94

Short round hat with a flat top. Space at front of brim is cut vertically and then diagonally towards the crown in a scalloped pattern. Crown and sides are embroidered with fine silver and gold metallic thread in a circular design, with black thread interlaced throughout.

Culture
Baluchi
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre and metal
Made in
Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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