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Type of object: Weaponry
Accession
number: 2005.1089 Inventory
number: RD 01
Object: Rifle
Material/technique: Wood,
leather, metal, nacre / hand-crafted
Origin/Period: Afghanistan
/ 1830s
Brief description: Long
flint-lock rifle decorated with nacre inlay, leather shoulder-strap
on underside.
Measurements: L.
150 cm
Condition: Worn
Provenance: Bought
in bazaar of Kabul in 1960s.
Donated by: Mrs.
R. Daubenfeld, Kindhausen, Switzerland
Photograph:
Type of object: Weaponry
Accession
number: 2005.1090 Inventory
number: RD 02
Object: Sabre
and sheath
Material/technique: Metal,
leather / hand-crafted
Origin/Period: Afghanistan
/ 19thth
C.
Brief description: Metal
sabre with finely chased decoration of crown, cannon and floral
motifs on blade, leather sheath. Made by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall,
London.
Measurements: L.
93 cm (sheathed)
Condition: Worn
Provenance: Bought
in bazaar of Kabul in 1960s.
Donated by: Mrs.
R. Daubenfeld, Kindhausen, Switzerland
Photograph:
Type of object: Floor
covering
Accession
number: 2005.1091 Inventory
number: RD 03
Object: Prayer
rug
Material/technique: Wool
/ hand-woven
Origin/Period: Afghanistan
/ 20th
C.
Brief description: Small
prayer rug in natural tones of madder and undyed wool, row of small
guls
in center, niche with tree motifs on beige field, horn motif at top;
border of double-horn motifs. Ersari weave.
Measurements: L.
125 cm W. 79 cm
Condition: Worn,
fringes badly damaged
Provenance: Bought
in bazaar of Kabul in 1960s.
Donated by: Mrs.
R. Daubenfeld, Kindhausen, Switzerland
Photograph:
Type of object: Vessel
Accession
number: 2005.1092 Inventory
number: RD 04
Object: Jar
Material/technique: Camel
stomach / hand-crafted
Origin/Period: Afghanistan
/ 20th
C.
Brief description: Large
bulbous jar with two small upright handles and rounded base, short
cylindrical neck and everted lip, for storing milk or rapeseed oil.
Koochi.
Measurements: H.
34 cm Weight 1430 g
Condition: Worn,
dented
Provenance: Bought
in bazaar of Kabul in 1960s.
Donated by: Mrs.
R. Daubenfeld, Kindhausen, Switzerland
Photograph:
ER
(1915)
Type of object: Weaponry
Accession
number: 2005.1093 Inventory
number: RD 05
Object: Powder
horn
Material/technique: Leather,
metal / hand-crafted
Origin/Period: Afghanistan
/ 19th
C.
Brief description: Round
flattened powder horn made of wood covered in leather, around rim
band of yellow metal with embossed medallions, in center of outer
surface circular embossed metal decoration and around edges two rows
of cut-out rosettes. Leather loop on underside.
Measurements: Dia.
17 cm H. 9 cm Weight 480 g
Condition: Worn,
tarnished
Provenance: Bought
in bazaar of Kabul in 1960s.
Donated by: Mrs.
R. Daubenfeld, Kindhausen, Switzerland
Photograph:
Type of object: Vessel
Accession
number: 2005.1094 Inventory
number: RD 06
Object: Samovar
Material/technique: Copper
/ hand-crafted
Origin/Period: Afghanistan
/ 20th
C.
Brief description: Small
portable samovar with attached lid, on flared open-work base, bulbous
body, ornate handle and curved spout; round cylindrical heating
element fixed in center of pot.
Measurements: H.
30 cm Weight 1620 g
Condition: Worn,
tarnished
Provenance: Bought
in bazaar of Kabul in1960s.
Donated by: Mrs.
R. Daubenfeld, Kindhausen, Switzerland
Photograph:
Type of object: Lighting
Accession
number: 2005.1095 Inventory
number: RD 07
Object: Oil
lamp
Material/technique: Bronze,
copper / hand-crafted
Origin/Period: Afghanistan
/ 10th-12th
C.
Brief description: Oil
lamp on three splayed feet with indication of toes, round hollowed
copper body with inscription around edge, long bronze neck,
rectangular decorated oil well and small wick-holder at one side.
Ghaznavid.
Measurements: H.
35 cm Weight 1420 g
Condition: Worn,
tarnished, green corrosion on upper half
Provenance: Bought
in bazaar of Kabul in 1960s.
Donated by: Mrs.
R. Daubenfeld, Kindhausen, Switzerland
Photograph:
Copyright
© - Photo/Text: Stiftung Foundation Bibliotheca Afghanica -
Afghanistan Museum, Carla Grissmann, 2005
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