Male cap inv.no. 2302
Gender information of the object:
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Place:
Source:
National Historical Museum
Code:
106
Translator:
Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou
Description:
The cap is made of white calico lined with white cotton material. The two materials are crocheted together, creating dense hand-sewn concentric circles at the top.
A gathered strip of material is sewn around the crown, creating a series of zig-zag lines all over the surface, which are punctuated by green and red petrou(d)es sewn in vertical rows. The triangular spaces in between the zig-zag lines are filled with drawn-thread work beads.
This cap worn by both communities, Greek Cyppriot and Turkish Cypriot.
Bibliography:
Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou, E. 1999: ‘Cypriot Costume at the End of the Nineteenth Century’, In Cypriot Costumes in the National Historical Museum. The World of Cyprus at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century. Athens, 216.