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Friday, 16 October 2015 18:52
Kusai coat from Uruzgan, Afghanistan
The Textile Research Centre (TRC) in Leiden keeps a traditional felt coat from southern Afghanistan (TRC 2010.0087). This type of garment is called a kusai and is illustrated in Mountstuart Elphinsone's Account of the Kindom of Caubul.., which was first published in 1815. This type of coat is still worn by Pashtun nomads (Kuchis) in the region.
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