Cap

Museum number:
9-12091
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012091
Accession number:
Acc.2965
Description:
Cap; child's; mirror work and embroidery in white, red, and black silk on maroon cotton ground; buff cotton lining; L. 21.5 cm., W. 14 cm.; Made by women; worn by children. Probably secular. However, it could have been worn as a prayer cap by a Parsi child if so desired.
Donor:
Piroja Narielwala
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:
1972
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 9-12091, described as Cap; child's; mirror work and embroidery in white, red, and black silk on maroon cotton ground; buff cotton lining; L. 21.5 cm., W. 14 cm.; Made by women; worn by children. Probably secular. However, it could have been worn as a prayer cap by a Parsi child if so desired.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 9-12091, described as Cap; child's; mirror work and embroidery in white, red, and black silk on maroon cotton ground; buff cotton lining; L. 21.5 cm., W. 14 cm.; Made by women; worn by children. Probably secular. However, it could have been worn as a prayer cap by a Parsi child if so desired.

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