Bonnet

Museum number:
9-11238
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090011238
Alternate number:
prob. 5 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
bonnet; baby's; purple cotton with blue and green trim, tinsel braid around base; white cotton lining; Length 16 cm., Width 13 cm.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Beawar, Ajmer district, Rajasthan
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Rajasthan, Atmer District, Beawar
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
1969-1970
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baby bonnets
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
presented only at Holi festival time. See 9-11252 for another example.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 13 centimeters and length 16 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bonnet, accession number 9-11238, described as bonnet; baby's; purple cotton with blue and green trim, tinsel braid around base; white cotton lining; Length 16 cm., Width 13 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bonnet, accession number 9-11238, described as bonnet; baby's; purple cotton with blue and green trim, tinsel braid around base; white cotton lining; Length 16 cm., Width 13 cm.

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