It was gifted to Parvin Saham-lashgari in the 1960s. It consists of a separate tray and the brazier includes different parts: coal container, teapot holder, boiling water holder, and opium pipe holder.
A copper bowl that belonged to Salma, a friend of Havva Sahami (Shawkat Karimi), the mother-in-law of Parvin Saham-lashgari. Salma gifted it to Parvin Saham-lashgari. It was used for milking cattle and sheep by children and for soaking rice in water.
Parvin Saham-lashgari asked her mother, Zahra Lashgari, to make this doll veil for her children in order to to teach them how to put on a veil.
This box belonged to ‘Ali Muhammad Saham-lashgar, grandfather of Parvin Saham-lashgari and Havva Sahami. It was handed down to Havva Sahami (Shawkat Karimi), who then passed it down to her daughter-in-law, Parvin Saham-lashgari.
A veil woven from the manes and tails of black horses; Parvin Saham-lashgari asked her mother, Zahra Lashgari, to make this doll veil for her children in order to teach them how to put on a veil.
A copper bowl that belonged to Zulaykha, a relative of Havva Sahami (Shawkat Karimi), mother-in-law of Parvin Saham-lashgari. Zulaykha gifted it to Parvin Saham-lashgari. It was used for the milking of cattle and sheep by children.
Ma‘sumah (known as Galin Agha), the mother of Havva Sahami and grandmother of Asad Allah Karimi, knitted this for the first child of Asad Allah Karimi and Parvin Saham-lashgari.
Parvin Saham-lashgari inherited this copper utensil tray from her father, Muhammad ‘Ali Saham-lashgari, who inherited it from his father, ‘Ali Muhammad Saham-lashgar.
A copper tray, that was part of a set of gifts sent to Havva Sahami (Shawkat Karimi) from her family, prior to her baby’s (Asad Allah Karimi's) birth. Asad Allah Karimi, husband of Parvin Saham-lashgari, later inherited the tray. On the back of the tray, his birthday (1937 or 1938) was engraved upon the request of his mother and was also signed by Mihr ‘Ali.
Child's clothing that belonged to Parvin Saham-lashgari's child, including a satin shirt and two pairs of pants that were handmade by Zahra Lashgari (mother of Parvin Saham-lashgari), and a chintz shalitah (skirt) that was handmade by Havva Sahami (Shawkat Karimi), mother of Asad Allah Karimi (Parvin Saham-lashgari's husband)
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