Museum of Material Memory

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The Hasla of Ilm Kaur 

The Hasla is typically a torque-style necklace, thick and rigid, cast in silver and sitting close to the neck. It belonged to Ilm Kaur, my maternal great grandmother, who died sometime in the year 1949, succumbing to an unknown illness.

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"The idea that even the most quotidian of objects in our homes have important stories behind them is at the heart of the
Museum of Material Memory"

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