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Hat

ca. 1865 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This hat is identifiable by its flat, three-cornered shape and gold wiry loops criss-crossing it. These are traces of the rolled turban-cloth that would form a network over the original type of Maratha turban. This hat would have been worn by a boy or young man of the upper classes. This flat angular style was popular in Central India and to the east of Poona where this one orginated.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Stiff papier-mâché, base covered in gold and silver thread with sequins and strips of cotton
Brief description
Papier mache turban, Pune (Poona), ca.1865.
Physical description
This hat is identifiable by its flat, three-cornered shape and gold wiry loops criss-crossing it. These are traces of the rolled turban-cloth that would form a network over the original type of Maratha turban. This hat would have been worn by a boy or young man of the upper classes. This flat angular style was popular in Central India and to the east of Poona where this one orginated.
Dimensions
  • Length: 24cm
  • Height: 9cm
  • Width: 32.5cm
Gallery label
TURBAN HAT This stiff hat is of a type popular at the Maratha courts of central India during the 19th century. Based on the shape of a wrapped cloth turban, hats that could be put on and taken off without rewrapping showed the influence of western headgear. Papier-mache, with gilded silver and silver-wrapped silk thread, sequins, tinsel, velvet and cotton Pune, Maharashtra, about 1865 V&A: 0363 (IS)(03/10/2015-10/01/2016)
Object history
Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. 1880 Register Entry: [Case 13] '0363. TURBAN. "Maratt Pugdee," embroidered on silk; Poona. 5696'
Bibliographic reference
Hats from India / Rosemary Crill. [London]: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985 Number: 0948107308 p. 54. cat. no. 35
Other number
5696 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
Accession number
0363(IS)

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Record createdMarch 18, 2003
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