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1950.11.16

Dark brown dress tunic with embroidered neckband.

1950.11.16

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Collection type
Object
Description
Dark brown dress tunic with embroidered neckband.
Geographical reference
Afghanistan
Asia > Southern Asia > Afghanistan
Cultural groups
Pashtun
Person
Field collector Lucy Margaret Eyre
PRM source Lucy Margaret Eyre
Date / Period
Date made: Circa by 1900?, uncertain
Date collected
By 1950
Acquisition information
Donated: 1950
Materials and processes
Material Cotton Textile Plant, Material Silver Metal, Material Metal Wire, Process Embroidered, Process Woven
Object numbers
Accession number: 1950.11.16
Research and responses

According to Ethnologue Online, the Western Pashto have also been known as Afghans. This term has accordingly been used, but Afghan has been placed in brackets in case it has historically had a wider meaning. [CW 31/5/2000]

Search terms: Clothing, Dress, Tunic

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