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Aristocrat's cap
Indonesian (Buginese peoples)
about 1900
Medium/Technique
Plaited palm fiber and flat-gold wire
Dimensions
Height x width: 3 1/4 x 6 in. (8.3 x 15.2 cm)
Credit Line
Frank B. Bemis Fund
Accession Number2006.1269
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionWhite cap with flat crown worn by members of the Buginese royal family, main body of the cap made of palm fiber with stylized inscription of the name Muhammend plaited in; central circle and band around lower edge of cap made of plaited flat gold wire. White caps said to have been reserved for those who had completed the haj.
ProvenanceUntil about 1965, Raja Gowa Bone, South Sulawesi, Indonesia; about 1965, sold by Raja Gowa Bone to a private collector, Singapore; about 1991/1994, sold by this private collector to Thomas Murray, Mill Valley, California; 2006, sold by Murray to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 21, 2006)