Embroidered indoor robe for a Brahui Noblewoman of deep purple Bokhara silk finely embroidered in silver-gilt thread over the whole front. From Eastern Baluchistan. Probably made late nineteenth century.
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Title of artwork, date
Embroidered Brahui Robe, 1875–1900
Date supported
1930
Medium and material
Silk
Gifted by
Major Arthur M Cohen
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