Woman's Ceremonial Cap

2008.22.0120

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification Woman's Ceremonial Cap   (2008.22.0120)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Personal Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Clothing
  4. :
  5. Headwear
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date 1910 - 1950
Culture Bhil
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Width) 97 cm
Dimension 2 (Length) 65 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 0.24 cm
Weight 288 g
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Pigment--Dye, Textile
Manufacturing Processes Textile--Appliqué, Cutting, Dyeing, Embroidering, Sewing, Twisting

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Ahuja, Ram (1966). "Marriage among the Bhils. Man in India 46:233-240

Bhandari, Bhagwat (1989) Tribal Marriages and Sex Relations. Udaipur: Himanshu.

Carstairs, G. Morris (1954). "The Bhils of Kotra Bhomat." Eastern Anthropologist 7: 169-181.

Koppers, Wilhelm (1948). Die Bhil in Zentralindien. Wiener Beitrage zur Kulturgeschichte und Linguistik, vol 7. Vienna: Institut fur Volkerkunde. Translated by Theodore Ziolkowski. The Bhil in Central India. 1958. New Haven, Conn.: Human Relations Area Files.

Moore, Grace Wood (1965). Bhil Cultural Summary. New Haven, Conn.: Human Relations Area Files.

Naik, T.B. (1956) The Bhils: A Study. Delhi: Bharatiya Adimjati Sevak Sangh.

Nath, Y.V.S. (1960). Bhils of Ratanmal: An Analysis of the Social Structure of a Western Indian Community. Baroda: Maharajah Sayajirao University.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Kieffer-Lopez Collection
Reproduction No

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