Cap

Museum number:
9-12052
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2957
Description:
Cap: for prayer; gold brocade on red silk ground; 2 inset panels at crown with gold brocade on blue ground; multi-colored striped cotton lining; Height 10 cm, Diameter 16.5 cm. Worn by Parsi men and children while praying, going to temple or for any religious ceremony. This type of cap is also known as a kasabi topi ---brocaded cap.
Donor:
Rustom B. Jeejeebhoy
Collection place:
Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra State, India
Culture or time period:
Parsi
Object type:
ethnography
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
Accession date:
1972
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 9-12052, described as Cap: for prayer; gold brocade on red silk ground; 2 inset panels at crown with gold brocade on blue ground; multi-colored striped cotton lining; Height 10 cm, Diameter 16.5 cm. Worn by Parsi men and children while praying, going to temple or for any religious ceremony. This type of cap is also known as a kasabi topi ---brocaded cap.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 9-12052, described as Cap: for prayer; gold brocade on red silk ground; 2 inset panels at crown with gold brocade on blue ground; multi-colored striped cotton lining; Height 10 cm, Diameter 16.5 cm. Worn by Parsi men and children while praying, going to temple or for any religious ceremony. This type of cap is also known as a kasabi topi ---brocaded cap.

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