






| Local Name | Topi | 
| Object Category | Headwear | 
| Gender | Male | 
| Place Of orgin | Asia | 
| Region | Gujarat | 
| Object Range | India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan | 
| Dimensions | Length: 21 cm Width: 26 cm | 
| Materials | Leather Other Metal | 
| Technique | Hand Stitched Hand Embroidered | 
| Color | |
| Motif | Floral | 
| Provenance | Purchased, Kerry Taylor Auction, London 2020 | 
| Location | The Zay Zay: (Arabic: costume, Pl. azyaā’), a set of clothes in a style typical of a particular country or historical period. Initiative | 
| Status | In Storage | 
| ZI number | ZI2020.500741f ASIA | 
Ṭariq: (Arabic; Synonym: tulle_bi_talli
                      Tūlle_bi_tallī: (French: Tulle – a city in France where fine material for veil was first made; Turkish: tel – wire; Synonym: tariq; talli; badla; khus_dozi ), series of small metal knots made on a woven net ground as embellishment. The term is commonly used in the North African Arab region specifically in Egypt. 
Ṭariq: (Arabic; Synonym: tulle_bi_talli
                      Tūlle_bi_tallī: (French: Tulle – a city in France where fine material for veil was first made; Turkish: tel – wire; Synonym: tariq; talli; badla; khus_dozi ), series of small metal knots made on a woven net ground as embellishment. The term is commonly used in the North African Arab region specifically in Egypt. 
Couching: (Latin: collocare – Place together), in needlework and embroidery couching is a technique in which yarn or other materials are laid across the surface of the ground fabric and fastened in place with small stitches of the same or a different yarn
) style embroidery featuring dense and intricate floral (jaalJaal: (Sanskrit: jaal – A net, web, or a mesh), the decoration which fills the ground between the paisley Paisley: (Scottish Gaelic, Pàislig: a town in Scotland), often called buta, boteh, amli, or kalgi in the subcontinent and kazuwah in Arabic, is a Persian tear drop motif with a curved end specially in textiles. Its popularity and subsequent local production in 18th century at Paisley are responsible for its nomenclature. cones at the heads of a shawl Shawl: (Persian: shāl from Hindi: duśālā – Shoulder Mantle), a shawl is a South Asian version of a scarf worn or wrapped loosely over the shoulders and is usually made of wool. .
) with (paisley Paisley: (Scottish Gaelic, Pàislig: a town in Scotland), often called buta, boteh, amli, or kalgi in the subcontinent and kazuwah in Arabic, is a Persian tear drop motif with a curved end specially in textiles. Its popularity and subsequent local production in 18th century at Paisley are responsible for its nomenclature./buta Būta: (Anglicized Persian: boteh – Pinecone shaped motif), known as paisley Paisley: (Scottish Gaelic, Pàislig: a town in Scotland), often called buta, boteh, amli, or kalgi in the subcontinent and kazuwah in Arabic, is a Persian tear drop motif with a curved end specially in textiles. Its popularity and subsequent local production in 18th century at Paisley are responsible for its nomenclature. in English it is the almond or pinecone-shaped motif, especially in textiles. It is believed to have originated from the Cyprus tree a Zoroastrian symbol for life and eternity. In the current Indian context, however, it simply means motif.) and other floral motifs and four peach coloured plastic rivets embellishing the crown.