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Dress from Afghanistan - on display at the 'Money Talks' exhibition held at Leeds City Museum in 2022

1930/1980

Leeds Museums & Galleries

Leeds Museums & Galleries
United Kingdom

Wide and short black cotton dress with deep, straight sleeves and a very full gored skirt. The dress is heavily embroidered on the front with coloured stitching, and white beads, coins, coin-like objects, and small metal ornaments sewn on. The back is plain, and cut twice from hem to waist for insertion of gores.

Photographs by Nick Singleton.

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  • Title: Dress from Afghanistan - on display at the 'Money Talks' exhibition held at Leeds City Museum in 2022
  • Date Created: 1930/1980, 1930/1980
  • Location Created: Nuristan, Afghanistan, Nuristan, Afghanistan
  • Physical Dimensions: 970 x 2060 x 6mm, 970 x 2060 x 6mm
  • Subject Keywords: Money, Money
  • Type: Dress, Dress
  • Medium: Cotton, metal, Cotton, metal
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