heavily embroidered man's cap. fully embroidered with paisley-like and floral designs. ground is gold; patterning is silver with black details. round with flat crown. lined with red and peach cotton fabrics.
Donor:
Elizabeth Rees and Estate of Mabel Nelson Murray
Collection place:
Iran (Persia)
Verbatim coll. place:
Iran
Culture or time period:
Iranian
Collector:
Mabel Nelson Murray
Collection date:
1924-1938
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Caps (headgear)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Context of use:
clothing
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
circumference 17 centimeters and depth 7 centimeters