TRC online catalogue (retrieved 3 October 2016).
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Oman Cap
Embroidered man's cap from Oman, purchased in 1996.
Courtesy Textile Research Centre, Leiden, acc. no. TRC 2004.0120.
The Textile Research Centre (TRC), Leiden, houses a man's cap from Oman. locally called a kumma. The headgear was purchased in Oman in 1996. The cap is made of factory woven material and is decorated with hand embroidered eyelets. Such caps were traditionally made by a girl for her fiancé/husband.
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