Type of object: Household
accessory
Accession
number: 2005.1006 Inventory
number: GB 62
Object: Fly
net
Material/technique: Cotton,
glass / hand-made
Origin/Period: Afghanistan
/ 20th
C.
Brief description: Round
cotton mesh weighted with dark blue glass beads, for use over tea
glass or sweets to protect from insects.
Measurements: Dia.
16 cm (incl. beads) Weight 9 g
Condition: Worn
Provenance: Afghanistan
Donated by: Walter
Gürtler, Hegenheim
Photograph:

Copyright
© - Photo/Text: Stiftung Foundation Bibliotheca Afghanica -
Afghanistan Museum, Carla Grissmann, 2005
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