Khamak Embroidery Sampler

NameEmbroidery Sampler

Dateca. 2016

Place madeKandahar, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia

Mediumrayon

Dimensions40 × 42 in. (101.6002 × 106.6802 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mary Littrell

Object numberA.2024.9.4

ProvenanceContemporary embroideries from Uzbekistan and Afghanistan, donor purchased directly from artists while visiting their workshops between 2000 and 2018.

Descriptionmulti-colored-on-white embroidery sampler, illustrates the variety of counted thread stitches and designs promoted within the cooperative. The embroidery is completed on scrap pieces of mass-manufactured cloth by the Afghani brand Noorani Sanger (identified along selvedge). Uneven hem use to being scrap fabric.