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BONNET

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Material Type
Artifact
Other Name
BABY HAT
Materials
WOOL
Catalogue Number
P19940014005
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Material Type
Artifact
Other Name
BABY HAT
Materials
WOOL
No. Pieces
1
Height
11.5
Width
17
Description
OFF-WHITE WOOL KNIT BONNET HAS SIX ROWS WHICH CIRCLE THE TOP OF THE HEAD DOWN. IN THE CENTRE OF THESE ROWS IS A SMALL BEGINNING HOLE. BELOW THIS ARE THREE ROWS OF CROSSED KNITTING STITCHES, AND THEN ONE ROW OF THE SAME STITCH IN BLUE. BELOW THIS IS AN OFF-WHITE ZIG-ZAG EDGING. THE CAP IS ROUND WITH A SLIGHT "U" SHAPE AT THE BOTTOM IN THE BACK. THIS HAS A BLUE STRING MADE OF CAST-ON STITCHES WHICH IS WOVEN THROUGH THE BLUE LINE OF KNITTING WHICH CAN BE PULLED TIGHTLY TO MAKE THE CAP SMALLER. WHEN PULLED TIGHTLY THIS PRODUCES A SMALL OPEN CIRCLE IN THE BACK. THE STRING HAS BEEN ROUNDED AT EACH END SO IT WILL NOT PULL THROUGH THE KNIT STITCHES. THE WOOL IS BEGINNING TO GET FUZZY SO THE STITCHES ARE NOT AS PRONOUNCED. SOME STITCHES ARE COMING OUT SUCH AS THE END OF THE STRING.
Subjects
CLOTHING-HEADWEAR
Historical Association
PERSONAL CARE
History
SEE HISTORY OF P19940014001-GA.
Catalogue Number
P19940014005
Acquisition Date
1994-04
Collection
Museum
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