Cap

Museum number:
9-11797
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090011797
Accession number:
Acc.2910
Description:
Cap: "Cycle cap"; black felt; molded; shallow crown; 17 cm rim diameter. Formerly favored by young Parsi men for casual wear.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Collection place:
Maharashtra State, India
Culture or time period:
Parsi
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Caps (headgear)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
December 7, 1972
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 9-11797, described as Cap: "Cycle cap"; black felt; molded; shallow crown; 17 cm rim diameter. Formerly favored by young Parsi men for casual wear.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 9-11797, described as Cap: "Cycle cap"; black felt; molded; shallow crown; 17 cm rim diameter. Formerly favored by young Parsi men for casual wear.

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