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mirror
;
mirror-case
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
embroidered
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