Burka

Museum number:

9-22556

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Accession number:

Acc.4416

Description:

off white burka with heavily embroidered cap; openwork lace piece with embroidered border. fabric for back of garment tightly gathered and attached to lower edge of cap. front panel, 86 cm long, attached to cap; embroidery at top and at hemline.

Donor:

Elizabeth Rees and Estate of Mabel Nelson Murray

Collection place:

Afghanistan

Verbatim coll. place:

Afghanistan

Collector:

Mabel Nelson Murray

Collection date:

1924-1938

Materials:

Cotton (textile)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Embroidery (visual works)

Function:

2.1 Daily Garb

Context of use:

clothing

Department:

Asia (except western Russia)

Dimensions:

width 511 centimeters and length 164 centimeters

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