Boy's Cap
20th century (made)
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Boy's cap made of black cotton and almost entirely covered with embroidery in floss silk in red, blue, green, yellow, maroon and purple. Decorated with various plastic buttons and metal pendants, and plastic beads in rows around the upper part and key-chains sewn between them.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Embroidered cotton in floss silk, plastic and metal, beading |
| Brief description | Boy's cap of embroidered cotton in floss silks, Indus Kohistan, North Pakistan, 20th century |
| Physical description | Boy's cap made of black cotton and almost entirely covered with embroidery in floss silk in red, blue, green, yellow, maroon and purple. Decorated with various plastic buttons and metal pendants, and plastic beads in rows around the upper part and key-chains sewn between them. |
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| Accession number | IS.60-1985 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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