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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
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