MVC-0397 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Cap; off-white cotton covered completely with rows of machine embroidery in straight and wavy lines; top has green and light orange center of embroidery in circle and petal-like motif; brim of cap has scalloped edge.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
Northern Indian
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1963
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Caps (headgear)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
man’s head covering associated with Moslem religion