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Kandahar Khamak Stitch

Kandahar Province, Afghanistan

On Omid since July 2024

by An embroidery circle of eight women

4.9
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Eight women stitch khamak embroidery together, each adding her own patterns to the collar and cuffs.

6 products

A woman in a long green velvet dress with a richly embroidered purple yoke and patterned sleeves.

Emerald Velvet Dress

An embroidery circle of eight women · Kandahar

Green velvet with a hand-embroidered yoke and banded sleeves.

$260

A woman in a long purple dress with colourful patchwork sleeves and a heavily embroidered skirt hem.

Purple Mirrorwork Dress

An embroidery circle of eight women · Kandahar

Deep purple cotton with mirrorwork, patchwork sleeves and an embroidered hem.

$290

A long patchwork dress in purple, pink, green and red with an embroidered hem, shown on a mannequin.

Festival Patchwork Dress

An embroidery circle of eight women · Kandahar

A full-skirted dress pieced from embroidered panels in festival colours.

$340

A round cap densely embroidered in red, blue and green geometric patterns with a red tassel.

Embroidered Kandahari Cap

An embroidery circle of eight women · Kandahar

A round cap stitched in bright geometric thread, with a red tassel.

$45

A man wearing a long black tunic and loose trousers with gold embroidery at the chest and cuff.

Khamak Embroidered Set

An embroidery circle of eight women · Kandahar

Fine hand embroidery at the collar and cuffs.

$140

A man in a brown tunic with gold embroidery at the chest, and loose trousers.

Fine Stitch Perahan

An embroidery circle of eight women · Kandahar

A brown perahan with tone-on-tone stitching.

$120

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