Prayer cap

Museum number:
9-12090
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
196 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2965
Description:
Prayer cap; Gujerati: Kinkhab or alecha Ni topi; Parsi; silk, silver, gold, cotton; hand sewn; gold brocade with quatrefoil motifs on purple silk ground; lining of green, yellow and white striped cotton satin; length 25 cm., width 14.2 cm.; Made by tailors, sold in shops dealing in Parsi religious goods; Generally falling under the category of bhanvani topis--prayer caps, this specimen is more ornate than many, being described by the material of which it is made--kinkhab or alecha, meaning gold brocade. These caps are worn while praying, visiting the temple or on religious ceremonial occasions by young men and children of both sexes.
Donor:
Piroja Narielwala
Collection place:
Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra State, India
Culture or time period:
Gujarati people and Parsi
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Collection date:
August 16, 1972
Object type:
ethnography
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 Prayer cap, accession number 9-12090, described as Prayer cap; Gujerati: Kinkhab or alecha Ni topi; Parsi; silk, silver, gold, cotton; hand sewn; gold brocade with quatrefoil motifs on purple silk ground; lining of green, yellow and white striped cotton satin; length 25 cm., width 14.2 cm.; Made by tailors, sold in shops dealing in Parsi religious goods; Generally falling under the category of bhanvani topis--prayer caps, this specimen is more ornate than many, being described by the material of which it is made--kinkhab or alecha, meaning gold brocade. These caps are worn while praying, visiting the temple or on religious ceremonial occasions by young men and children of both sexes.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Prayer cap, accession number 9-12090, described as Prayer cap; Gujerati: Kinkhab or alecha Ni topi; Parsi; silk, silver, gold, cotton; hand sewn; gold brocade with quatrefoil motifs on purple silk ground; lining of green, yellow and white striped cotton satin; length 25 cm., width 14.2 cm.; Made by tailors, sold in shops dealing in Parsi religious goods; Generally falling under the category of bhanvani topis--prayer caps, this specimen is more ornate than many, being described by the material of which it is made--kinkhab or alecha, meaning gold brocade. These caps are worn while praying, visiting the temple or on religious ceremonial occasions by young men and children of both sexes.

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