Caps "Partzin"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Sep 1985
label: Collection Date
content: 1971
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Donald M. Godden
label: Collector
content: Charles F. Walton
label: Collector
content: Owen S. Rye
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Donald M. Godden
notes: label: Notes
content: A [E417429-0]: 2 PIECES OF WHITE COTTON CLOTH SEWN TOG. TO FORM COLLAPSIBLE BAND AND CROWN. BRIMLESS RIM OF ROSE- COLORED COTTON THREAD, ROW OF MULTI-COLORED AND CONCENTRIC POLYGONS WITH SYMBOL OF SWASTIKA AT CENTERS ON A ROUND ROSE-COLORED BAND, CROWN COVERED WITH PATTERN OF CONCENTRIC POLYGONS IN VARIED COLORS. BOTH "A" AND "B" [E417429-0 and E417429-0-1] ARE LOCAL CAPS AND WHILE THEIR DESIGN SEEMS PECULAR TO THIS AREA IT MAY BE FOUND IN OTHER DISTRICTS. B [E417429-1]: SAME AS A EXCEPT CONCENTRIC POLYGONS AROUND BAND HAVE NUCLEAR CROSSES INSTEAD OF SWASTIKAS AND BACKGROUND IS NAVY BLUE, WHILE ON CROWN CONCENTRIC POLYGONS HAVE NUCLEAR SQUARES & IN RELIEF ON WHITE BACKGROUND ARE INTERSTICHED CROSSES.
label: Notes
content: Note: The Indus Valley Civilization was a Bronze Age civilization (3300–1300 BC) that was located in the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent, consisting of what is now mainly modern-day Pakistan and northwest India. Swastika symbols have been found on some Indus Valley Civilization artifacts, showing it is an ancient symbol in the area. Swastikas are also traditional symbols in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Jan 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Yasin, Gilgit, Pakistan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Burushaski (Burusho)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 361234
label: USNM Number
content: E417429-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hat
physicalDescription: label: Unknown - Object
content: 16 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 6.4 cm