Object Name:
Burka
Museum ID #:
2014.1.03
Catalog Date:
11/24/2014
Collection:
Chaplain Andrew Meverden Collection
Description:
Red Burka with red embroidered stitching; made of cotton/nylon blend; it is approximately 5' long.
Event Associated with Item:
Operation Enduring Freedom
History of Item:
Purchased by Chaplain Meverden during his SEP 2002 through APR 2003 deployment to Afghanistan in a bazaar in Kabul, Afghanistan; backstory which prompted the purchase: Chaplain Meverden was in civilian clothes walking around in Kabul; a woman wearing a burkah came up to him and said "Give me $50"; Chaplain Meverden kept moving around and the woman kept following him, repeating her demand; finally, Chaplain Meverden stopped and said " I don't talk to people through masks" and kept walking.
Place of Origin:
Afghanistan
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