Cap

Museum number:
9-12068
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2961
Description:
Cap; Bhanvani: Topi or vatko--prayer cap; child's prayer cap; purple silk brocaded in yellow and white in small checkerboard patterns; 2 insets of brocade in similar colours with a fish motif at crown; white cotton lining; H. 7 cm., diameter 13.5 cm. Made by tailors. Worn while praying or visiting the fire temple, or for any religious/ceremonial occasion by Parsi children and men. This specimen belonged to Sir Dorab Tata (1859-1932) and was worn by him as a child.
Donor:
Mrs. Bachi Tata
Collection place:
Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra State, India
Culture or time period:
Parsi
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Caps (headgear)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1972
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 9-12068, described as Cap; Bhanvani: Topi or vatko--prayer cap; child's prayer cap; purple silk brocaded in yellow and white in small checkerboard patterns; 2 insets of brocade in similar colours with a fish motif at crown; white cotton lining; H. 7 cm., diameter 13.5 cm. Made by tailors. Worn while praying or visiting the fire temple, or for any religious/ceremonial occasion by Parsi children and men. This specimen belonged to Sir Dorab Tata (1859-1932) and was worn by him as a child.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 9-12068, described as Cap; Bhanvani: Topi or vatko--prayer cap; child's prayer cap; purple silk brocaded in yellow and white in small checkerboard patterns; 2 insets of brocade in similar colours with a fish motif at crown; white cotton lining; H. 7 cm., diameter 13.5 cm. Made by tailors. Worn while praying or visiting the fire temple, or for any religious/ceremonial occasion by Parsi children and men. This specimen belonged to Sir Dorab Tata (1859-1932) and was worn by him as a child.

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