Cap

Museum number:
9-11405
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090011405
Accession number:
Acc.2697
Description:
skull cap; man's; red, white and black cotton string crocheted in horizontal stripes around lower half, star like design at crown. Diameter 24 cm. Made by men.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner
Collection place:
Srinagar, Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Kashmir; Srinagar att.
Collector:
Richard Lerner
Collection date:
1969-1970
Materials:
Cotton (textile) (cotton string, crocheting)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Caps (headgear)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
worn by Muslim men and boys
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
diameter 24 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 9-11405, described as skull cap; man's; red, white and black cotton string crocheted in horizontal stripes around lower half, star like design at crown. Diameter 24 cm. Made by men.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 9-11405, described as skull cap; man's; red, white and black cotton string crocheted in horizontal stripes around lower half, star like design at crown. Diameter 24 cm. Made by men.

Tools