Cap

Museum number:
9-11408
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090011408
Alternate number:
K-1 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2697
Description:
Skull cap; man's; white cotton lined with buff cotton; 4 triangular pieces joined; decorative machine stitching; Diameter 26 cm. Made by men.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner
Collection place:
Dalgate Bazaar, Srinagar, Kashmir
Verbatim coll. place:
India; Kashmir; Srinagar, Dal Gate Bazaar, Muslim
Collector:
Richard Lerner
Collection date:
1969-1970
Materials:
Cotton (textile) (cotton cloth; machine sewn)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Caps (headgear)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
worn by Muslim men
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
diameter 26 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 9-11408, described as Skull cap; man's; white cotton lined with buff cotton; 4 triangular pieces joined; decorative machine stitching; Diameter 26 cm. Made by men.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 9-11408, described as Skull cap; man's; white cotton lined with buff cotton; 4 triangular pieces joined; decorative machine stitching; Diameter 26 cm. Made by men.

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