Cap with spiral patterns

Details

• Title

  Cap with spiral patterns

• 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

  leather, embroidered with silk; cotton band, embroidered with silk; silk band, ikat dyed

• Material index

  processed material › leather;

  organic › vegetal › fibre › cotton;

  organic › animal › animal product › silk

• Technique index

  woven;

  needleworked › embroidered;

  dyed › resist dyed › ikat resist dyed

• Object type

  clothing › head-gear › cap;

  textile

• Dimensions

  17 cm (height)
  20 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.7409

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