• HOME
  • |
  • ABOUT
  • |
  • COLLECTION
    • DIGITAL ARCHIVE
    • DICTIONARY
    • BLOG
  • |
  • EVENTS
  • |
  • MEDIA
    • PRESS
    • NEWSLETTER
  • |
  • FRIENDS
  • |
  • SHOP
  • Login
  • عربي
  • |
  • EN
  • CONTACT US
  • PARTNERS
  • DIRECTORY
  • NEWSLETTER
  • VIDEOS
  • SHOP
Newsletter

Privacy Policy

© TheZayInitiative - All images and All content are protected by copyright. All rights are reserved, written permission is required before re-use.

UK: Registered Charity (#1182725) Regulated by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Support The Zay
Donate
Website devloped by Eng.Talal Hisham Sultan
TOP
  • Example
    Example
    Product Image 1
  • Example
    Example
    Product Image 2
  • Example
    Example
    Product Image 3

1 of 3

  • Product Image 1
  • Product Image 2
  • Product Image 3

Metal embellished skull cap – Gujarat

Back
Local NameTopi
Object CategoryHeadwear    
GenderMale    
Place Of orginAsia
RegionGujarat
Object RangeIndia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Iran
DimensionsLength: 8 cm Width: 21cm
MaterialsCotton    Metal    
TechniqueHand Stitched    Hand Embroidered    
MotifGeometric    
ProvenancePurchased, Kerry Taylor Auction, London 2020
LocationThe Zay Zay: (Arabic: costume, Pl. azyaā’), a set of clothes in a style typical of a particular country or historical period. Initiative
StatusIn Storage
ZI numberZI2020.500741g ASIA
Object Note
Part of a lot purchased together which includes a woman’s ensemble –blouse, pair of trousers, and a jacket (ZI2020.500741 ASIA, ZI2020.500741a ASIA, ZI2020.500741b ASIA) and six other pieces not related to the ensemble (ZI2020.500741c ASIA, ZI2020.500741d ASIA, ZI2020.500741e ASIA, ZI2020.500741f ASIA, ZI2020.500741h ASIA, ZI2020.500741i ASIA)..
 
Object History
This silver and gold metal thread embellished boy’s skull cap was purchased by Dr. Reem Tariq

Ṭariq: (Arabic; Synonym: tulle_bi_talli; talli; badla; khus_dozi ), series of small metal knots made on a woven net ground as embellishment. The term is commonly used in the Levant Arab region specifically in Lebanon.

El Mutwalli
Dr. Reem Tariq

Ṭariq: (Arabic; Synonym: tulle_bi_talli; talli; badla; khus_dozi ), series of small metal knots made on a woven net ground as embellishment. The term is commonly used in the Levant Arab region specifically in Lebanon.

el Mutwallī: Founder (CEO) of the Zay Zay: (Arabic: costume, Pl. azyaā’), a set of clothes in a style typical of a particular country or historical period. Initiative, a public figure, speaker and author. An expert curator and consultant in Islamic art and architecture, interior design, historic costume, and UAE heritage.
from Kerry Taylor Auctions, London in 2020 to be added to The Zay Zay: (Arabic: costume, Pl. azyaā’), a set of clothes in a style typical of a particular country or historical period. Initiative Collection.
 
Object Features 
This is a small skull cap (topi Topi: (Turkic: Tubeteika– traditional caps of Central Asia), a hat or cap of any kind in the Indian subcontinent.) in pink cotton with heavy embellishment. It is embroidered in (couching

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 with gold and silver metal threads featuring intricate geometric patterns (jaal

Jaal: (Sanskrit: jaal – A net, web, or a mesh), the decoration which fills the ground between the paisley cones at the heads of a shawl.

).
Judging from its size it was possibly made for a young boy, possibly a groom’s companion. Customarily in South Asian weddings a groom is often accompanied by his companions or groom’s men and a young boy often next of kin or close family member such as a cousin, or a nephew.
This piece is possibly from the Sindh region of the subcontinent and judging from its embellishment and other accompanying articles it could have been part of a fairly affluent Muslim groom and his men’s wedding attire.
 
Links

  • https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O453546/cap/ 

  • https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O453540/skull-cap/ 

  • https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O453537/skull-cap/ 

  • https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O453560/cap/ 

  • https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O453861/cap/ 

Related Products