Object name: Cap / Culture or time period: Indian cultures / Accession number: Acc.2961 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 9-12069, described as Cap; Bhanvani topi or vatke--prayer cap; Parsi prayer cap; white and green motifs brocaded on red silk ground; black cotton lining; dealer's label sewn into crown reads Chimanlal and Bros., Velvet Cap merchants, Grant Road, Bombay; H. 9 cm., Diameter 14 cm. Made by tailors, sold in shops dealing with Parsi goods. Worn by Parsi men and children while praying, visiting the fire temple or for religious and ceremonial occasions.

Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 9-12068, described as Cap; Bhanvani: Topi or vatko--prayer cap; child's prayer cap; purple silk brocaded in yellow and white in small checkerboard patterns; 2 insets of brocade in similar colours with a fish motif at crown; white cotton lining; H. 7 cm., diameter 13.5 cm. Made by tailors. Worn while praying or visiting the fire temple, or for any religious/ceremonial occasion by Parsi children and men. This specimen belonged to Sir Dorab Tata (1859-1932) and was worn by him as a child.