The example held by the TRC was given to Willem Vogelsang in 2009 by the district chief in Derawud, in the southwest of Uruzgan province, southern Afghanistan. The garment was specially made for the occasion. It is decorated with some simple geometric designs embroidered down the front of the garment and on the sleeves.
See also the TRC digital exhibition Afghan Dress (TRC, Leiden, 2017) and the TRC digital exhibition Dressing The Stans: Textiles, Dress and Jewellery from Central Asia (TRC, Leiden, 2017).
TRC online catalogue (retrieved 17th September 2016).
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