mirror; mirror-case

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Object Type: mirror; mirror-case
Museum number: As1997,Q.360
Description: Glass mirror in red leather case embroidered with wool.
Production date: 19thC
Production place: Made in: Afghanistan (?); Made in: Kazakhstan (?); Made in: Kyrgyzstan (?); Made in: Uzbekistan (?)
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Asia
Materials: glass; leather; wool
Technique
Dimensions: Diameter: 12 centimetres; Length: 33 centimetres; Weight: 47 grammes
Location: Not on display
Acquisition notes: Found in Asia collections in 1997 apparently unnumbered and unregistered. Object was found amongst the Asia Unclassified objects on the fourth floor of Blythe House in May 2012. No acquisition details available and no equivalent record found on Merlin. Registered as part of the Middle East collection on account of its Central Asian provenance as part of the WCEC move of ethnographic objects from Orsman Road to Blythe House.
Department: Middle East
Registration number: As1997,Q.360

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