Boy's cap with buta pattern

Details

• Title

  Boy's cap with buta pattern

• Associated people

  Robert Shaw (1839 - 1879) (owner)

• Associated place

  Asia › China › Xinjiang › Yarkand (possible) (possible place of creation)

  Asia › China › Xinjiang › Kashgar (possible) (possible place of creation)

• Date

  1801 - 1869

• Material and technique

  cotton, dyed red, printed and quilted; light-blue and beige braid; cotton lining, partly block-printed

• Material index

  organic › vegetal › fibre › cotton

• Technique index

  woven;

  dyed;

  needleworked › quilted;

  plaited;

  printed › relief print

• Object type

  clothing › head-gear › cap;

  textile

• Dimensions

  10 cm (height)
  14 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Transferred from the Indian Institute, University of Oxford.

• Museum location

  First floor | Gallery 28 | Asian Crossroads

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EAX.7419

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