Pair Knit Wool Socks

Identifier

http://dp.la/api/items/31696650ff65d4dc30daaf267596f17f

Title

Pair Knit Wool Socks

Date

1969

Description

1
Donor calls this "one pair buz-kashi socks." Long (knee length?) hand knit socks. Made with 3 different shades of undyed wool: off-white, medium brown and dark brown. Bands of solid color alternating with bands of complex patterns, including diamonds and S-shapes.
Buz-kashi" may refer to the traditional game/sport of Buzkashi?
1 Dec 2014

Subject

Anthropology
Ethnology
Moll, Carolyn
Afghans

Source

Smithsonian Institution

Relation

https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/media/?irn=8422009&thumb=yes

Type

image

References

http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=record_ID%3Anmnhanthropology_8546941&repo=DPLA

Citation

“Pair Knit Wool Socks,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed October 25, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/6386.

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