Antique shop
Kabul, Afghanistan
Most of the items in this display were not antiques. They were only recently used, but their old-fashioned nature meant that most families were only too happy to sell them in order to buy new modern equivalents. Why use a home-carved wooden spoon when you could sell it and buy a plastic one? Even the amber jewlery doesn't sparkle like new glass ones.
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