Cap

Museum number:

9-22527

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Accession number:

Acc.4416

Object count:

1

Description:

quilted fabric cap of a navy patterned fabric and an ecru 8-pointed star on the crown. embellished with silver thread, lined with orange fabric under the crown and aqua and white fabric around rim interior. partially machine sewn and partially hand sewn.

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:

2.1 Daily Garb

Context of use:

clothing

Department:

Asia (except western Russia)

Dimensions:

diameter 17 centimeters and depth 15 centimeters

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