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Colourful skull caps are worn by young women. This example has a square base, and comprises four triangular panels, each of which has an identical stylised rose pattern, embroidered in tent stitches with cotton threads in shades of red and blue against a contrasting green background. The canvas-work embroidery gives the textured surface the appearance of a flat-woven carpet. The cap can be folded when not in use.\n\nThe Uygurs call this type of cap <i>tashkent doppa</i>, tracing its origin back to a popular style worn in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. The term is now a generic one used to describe a geometric floral-pattern skull cap with tent-stitch embroidery.","physicalDescription":"The cap is entirely covered with close tent stitch embroidery, predominantly in green, pink and red. It has a black velvet rim. 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For example, the almond caps are mostly worn by men, while the vivid and colourful caps with chequered embroidery are worn by women.  As with costume, the inspiration for the designs comes mainly from nature combined with inherited traditional ornament and with motifs assimilated from other peoples, such as the Han Chinese.\r\n\r\nAll three caps were purchased in 1982 in Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null}}],"partNumbers":["FE.17-1983"],"accessionNumberNum":"17","accessionNumberPrefix":"FE","accessionYear":1983,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-10-02","recordCreationDate":"2000-02-12","availableToBook":false}}