The article deals with a collection of papier-mâché pieces brought from Northern India (Srinagar, Kashmir) by the expedition of the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (A. M. and L. A. Meerwarth, 1915-1918). The authors single out the objects which most convincingly demonstrate the distinctive features of the collection. Among them are fine artistic pieces manufactured using the traditional technology of Kashmir papier-mâché, forged wooden objects coated and painted to imitate papier-mâché, a mould for making papier-mâché, samples of designs for painting on papier-mâché objects and a set of four items showing different stages in the artist’s work. Having placed the collection № 2996 into the context of the Kashmir papier-mâché art’s development and decay, the authors conclude that the Meerwarths succeeded in comprehensive and exceedingly timely ethnographic documentation of the vanishing tradition.