Beschreibung:

A collection of caps to include: a traditional Tekke babyÆs cap in kesdi stitch (As-93). Bought Ashgabat market, 1995; a traditional Tekke childÆs cap (As-110). æThese are the most common type of cap for Tekke children, though the mauve colouring is unusual.ÆBought Ashgabat market, 1996; a Tekke womanÆs high bonnet (borok) (As-146). æSaid to be worn for second night of wedding and then until birth of first son.Æ Bought Ashgabat market, 1998; a white cotton Tekke childÆs cap, applied with pieces of coloured rag to guard against diseases, and also with a broken needle in black and white topknot, (As-184) Bought Ashgabat market, 2000; an Akhal Tekke white cotton childÆs cap, (As-185), a Tekke childÆs cap of fabric patches including velvet, with a black and white topknot and a piece of ekurdik, a parasitic growth on the trunk of mulberry trees that is used as an amulet against whooping cough, (As-201). Bought Ashgabat market, 2000; a childÆs helmet-shaped cap made of scraps of fabric, encircled with tufts of coloured threads and topped with large tuft of red cotton and wrapped green thread, all to guard against evil spirits and diseases, (As-203) æI was not able to discover which particular spirit or disease is repulsed by which colour.Æ Bought Ashgabat market, 2000; two babyÆs caps with rags, one for a very poor child, (As-214). Bought Ashgabat market 2002; a Tekke babyÆs cap, the crown covered with amuletic devices - black and white snake cords, triangles, broken needle, beads and camelhair, (As-220). Bought Ashgabat market, 2002; a Saryk womanÆs red cotton cap, with an amuletic pattern at back of crown, (As-236). Bought Ashgabat market, 2003; a Tekke childÆs cap, (As-238). Given by my Turkmen guide, Amy, 2003; a childÆs cap of machined patchwork, covered with coloured rags against evil spirits, (As-253). Bought Ashgabat market, 2004; and two other caps, (As-221, As-248)