Cap

Museum number:
9-22523
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4416
Description:
heavily embroidered man's cap. predominantly gold and silver metallic thread over black ground. round with flat crown. floral and geometric patterns. lined with cotton fabrics.
Donor:
Elizabeth Rees and Estate of Mabel Nelson Murray
Collection place:
Iran (Persia)
Verbatim coll. place:
Iran
Culture or time period:
Iranian
Collector:
Mabel Nelson Murray
Collection date:
1924-1938
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Caps (headgear)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Context of use:
clothing
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
depth 7 centimeters and diameter 16 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cap, accession number 9-22523, described as heavily embroidered man's cap. predominantly gold and silver metallic thread over black ground. round with flat crown. floral and geometric patterns. lined with cotton fabrics.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cap, accession number 9-22523, described as heavily embroidered man's cap. predominantly gold and silver metallic thread over black ground. round with flat crown. floral and geometric patterns. lined with cotton fabrics.

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