This coat was acquired in early 2010 by Willem Vogelsang while stationed in Uruzgan southern Afghanistan. The coat was given by the then district chief of the district of Dehrawud who had promised to obtain such a coat when asked almost a year previously about this type of coat that was worn by an elderly gentleman in the same district. This type of coat is depicted in Mountstuart Elphinstone (1815) Pl. II ('Dooraunee Shepherds').
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Felt synthetic fibre silver coloured thread synthetic velvet