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Cap
The collection record classifies this work as garment. It is dated 1800s. Recorded culture or place: India.
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- Museum title
- Cap
- Date
- 1800s
- Culture / origin
- India
- Materials and technique
- Velvet embroidered with gilt-silver–wrapped silk thread (zari); silk: lining; rubies, pearls, and spinels
- Dimensions
- Overall: 6.3 x 15.2 x 15.2 cm (2 1/2 x 6 x 6 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1916.1477
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
Historically in India, head coverings were worn in outdoor and formal contexts and can signal age, allegiance, and status among Indian men and boys. A low round cap such as this was worn primarily by the well-educated aristocratic boys in the king’s circle. The painstaking process of creating the ornament involved wrapping gilt-silver wire of various dimensions around a silk thread core to create a textured appearance for the flowers and vines.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade · CC0
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