Hat, fez, circumcision equipment
BackDescription:
Boy's circumcision hat in the form of a red felt fez (tarbush) with a black tassel. Decorated on the front with a fringe of stamped metal coin tokens and skeins of cotton thread bound in sections with yellow cotton wrapped in gilt thread and affixed on the front of the hat in a random arrangement. The yellow cotton wrapped in gilt thread was also used to make long ornamental tassels of white cotton that hang to one side.
Object type: | hat, fez, circumcision equipment |
Museum number: | As2000,08.60 |
Date: | 19thC |
Production place: | Made in: Palestine |
Findspot: | Found/Acquired: Palestine |
Materials: | wool, cotton, gold, metal |
Technique: | felted, stamped, gilded |
Dimensions: | Diameter: 18.00 cm Height: 11.00 cm (excluding black tassel) |
Location: | 51 |
Acquisition names: | Donated by: The Church's Ministry among Jewish People |
Acquisition date: | 2000 |
Curator's comments:
Khitan (circumcision) is a major milestone in a boy’s life and an important social occasion calling for rejoicing and celebration. This red fez , known also as tarbush, embellished with tassels and coin tokens would have been worn by the boy during the festivities, particularly during the ceremonial parade in which he rode a camel or horse to mark this significant rite of passage.; BM Eth Doc 604 contains a leaflet: 'A Christian Ministry among the Jewish People' and a booklet: Barker, Walter (1983) 'A Foundation Opened', London, Olive Press.
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