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Handgun holster, Afghanistan

Embroidered handgun holster, Afghanistan. Embroidered handgun holster, Afghanistan. © Foto: Ethnologisches Museum der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Acc. no. I B 14262.

The Ethnologisches Museum in Berlin houses an embroidered holster for a handgun. It measures 24 x 15 cm and is made of cotton with multi-coloured embroidery, gold thread and applied pearls. One of the techniques used is the chain stitch.

Staatliche Museen zu Berlin online catalogue (retrieved 3 December 2016).

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