Cap
ca. 1873 (made)
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Cap of green, white and purple patched ikat silk, constructed in four sections. Quilted. Edging of yellow and white ikat silk, interior of plain cotton.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk ikat |
| Brief description | Cap, green and purple ikat silk, acquired in Shache (Yarkand), China, 1873-1874. |
| Physical description | Cap of green, white and purple patched ikat silk, constructed in four sections. Quilted. Edging of yellow and white ikat silk, interior of plain cotton. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (Paper label glued to interior, written in Devanagari script, undeciphered) |
| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. Part of an ethnological collection acquired by Sir Thomas Douglas Forsyth from Yarkand (Shache in Chinese) in 1873-4. Slip book entry 13019: 'Seven Caps / 218 / Yarkund / [?] Apl / 75 / Collection by Sir D. Forsyth' |
| Other number | 13,019 - India Museum Slip Book |
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| Accession number | 2055(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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