Object class: Headgear / Culture or time period: Asian cultures

1. Basketry cap

Museum number:: 9-21241a,b
Culture or time period:: Chinese
Object class:: Basketry (object genre), Caps (headgear), Embroidery (visual works), and Lace (needlework)
Function:: 2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Production date:: ca. 1900
Collector:: Ilse Martin Fang
Collection place:: Peking, Beijing province, China
Collection date:: 1943

Museum number:: 9-11238
Culture or time period:: Indian
Object class:: Baby bonnets
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: width 13 centimeters and length 16 centimeters
Collector:: Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection place:: Beawar, Ajmer district, Rajasthan
Collection date:: 1969-1970

Museum number:: 9-5765
Culture or time period:: Palestinian
Object class:: Bridal crowns and Embroidery (visual works)
Function:: 2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Collector:: Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:: Jerusalem, Israel
Collection date:: before 1909

Museum number:: 9-21330
Culture or time period:: Manchu people
Object class:: Bridal crowns and Phoenixes
Function:: 2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Collector:: Ilse Martin Fang
Collection place:: China
Collection date:: Probably late-1930s to mid-1940s

Museum number:: 9-12946
Culture or time period:: Parsi
Object class:: Caps (headgear)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Collection place:: Maharashtra State, India

Museum number:: 9-11798
Culture or time period:: Parsi
Object class:: Caps (headgear)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Collection place:: Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra State, India

Museum number:: 9-11286
Culture or time period:: Indian
Object class:: Caps (headgear)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: diameter 24 centimeters, height 16 centimeters, and length 24 centimeters
Collector:: Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection place:: Rajasthan, India
Collection date:: 1969-1970

Museum number:: 9-12069
Culture or time period:: Parsi
Object class:: Caps (headgear)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra State, India