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MATERIALS: Mashru cloth, cotton cloth tassel, and strings. CONSTRUCTION: Machine stitched and quilted. It has chotlo attached at back. MOTIFS: Laher and chokdi. COLOURS : Orange and green. STYLE REMARKS: This particular hat is always done in orange and green. CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: used by child when he is taken around the fire at Holi in the first year of his birth. Worn by a child during the first Holi after birth, whin he is carried around the by his grandfather. This cap has its Origins in Central Asia. CULTURAL REMARKS: Style is similar to quilted hat used in central Asia. Topi, Cap.
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Last modified on: February 22, 2013