sock
- Museum number
- 2015,6017.46.a-b
- Description
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Pair of knitted woollen socks with geometric patterns arranged in bands in shades of beige, green, red, black and yellow. The socks have knitted bands attached at the top. The pair is brand new, unused, with the two socks still attached together.
- Production date
- 1990s-2010s
- Dimensions
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Width: 13.20 - 13.80 centimetres (each sock, at top)
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Length: 37.80 centimetres (each sock)
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2015
- Acquisition notes
- Part of a collection of 100 ethnographic artefacts donated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan in July 2015. This donation followed a visit to the British Museum in July 2014 by HE, Mr. Sirodjidin Aslov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan. This collection of artefacts was gathered together with the help of Mr. Shamsullo Sakhibov, Trade Representative of the Republic of Tajikistan to the United Kingdom and with contributions by HE, Mr. Erkin Kasymov, Ambassador of the Republic of Tajikistan in the United Kingdom.
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- 2015,6017.46.a-b