Cap with leaves and flowers
In the winter of 1868/69 the tea planter and explorer Robert Shaw travelled from northern India to Eastern Turkestan (now Xinjian, China). His journey was partly to help British India’s secret service in the exploration of Central Asia which was politically and geographically contested by the British Empire and Russia.
Shaw was the first Englishman to visit Yarkand and Kashgar, and he related his adventures in his book Visits to High Tartary, Yarkand, and Kashgar. He described the splendid clothes he encountered and mentioned on several occasions receiving gifts of coats and other garments.
The finest of these were presented by Yakub Beg, then ruler of Kashgar. Shaw’s detailed description makes the collection of Central Asian ikat garments one of the best recorded.
Details
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Title
Cap with leaves and flowers
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Associated people
Robert Shaw (1839 - 1879) (owner) -
Associated place
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Date
1801 - 1869 -
Material and technique
silk, quilted, and embroidered with silk and wool; cotton lining
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
11 cm (height)
18 cm (diameter) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Transferred from the Indian Institute, University of Oxford.
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Museum location
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EAX.7398
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