Vor 1900 | Fritz Willfort
Dervish hats, pers. جات, tāǧ [pronounced: tādsch, “crown”] var-ied from order to order, both in shape as well as in colour. This hat is composed of several parts and the colours and the num-ber of parts (four, twelve, nine or seven) have symbolic meaning (4 = the four stages of knowledge, 12 = the twelve imams etc.). Depending on the order they belonged to, pointed hats, patch caps or a turban were also worn.
Dervish hats, pers. جات, tāǧ [pronounced: tādsch, “crown”] var-ied from order to order, both in shape as well as in colour. This hat is composed of several parts and the colours and the num-ber of parts (four, twelve, nine or seven) have symbolic meaning (4 = the four stages of knowledge, 12 = the twelve imams etc.). Depending on the order they belonged to, pointed hats, patch caps or a turban were also worn.
Collector:
Fritz Willfort (1879 Wien - 1956 Wien)
Time:
Vor 1900
Entry Date:
2003
Culture
Usbekistan
Material/technology:
Samt, Seide, Baumwolle
Dimensions:
B 28 cm × H. 28 cm
Copyright
Weltmuseum Wien
Collection area
North Africa, Middle East, Central Asia and Siberia
Geography
Zentralasien/West-Turkestan/Usbekistan
Invs.
180360
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