{"data":{"objectsJson":{"prn":"RRM47453","title":null,"type":"hat, fez, circumcision equipment","mn":"As2000,08.60","style":null,"culture":null,"date":"19thC","prod_place":"Made in: Palestine","findspot":"Found/Acquired: Palestine","mat":"wool, cotton, gold, metal","technique":"felted, stamped, gilded","dimensions":"Diameter: 18.00 cm\nHeight: 11.00 cm (excluding black tassel)","inscription":null,"location":"51","exhib_hist":null,"subjects":null,"assoc_names":null,"assoc_places":null,"assoc_titles":null,"acqu_name":"Donated by: The Church's Ministry among Jewish People","acqu_date":"2000","desc":"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.","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.","gateway":null,"fields":{"main_image":{"childImageSharp":{"sizes":{"aspectRatio":1.76,"src":"/static/0-fb9eeebd279648467bd7222f24779647-5882f.jpg","srcSet":"/static/0-fb9eeebd279648467bd7222f24779647-34761.jpg 88w,\n/static/0-fb9eeebd279648467bd7222f24779647-2740e.jpg 175w,\n/static/0-fb9eeebd279648467bd7222f24779647-5882f.jpg 350w,\n/static/0-fb9eeebd279648467bd7222f24779647-c8035.jpg 407w","sizes":"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px"}}},"all_images":[{"name":"0","publicURL":"/static/0-fb9eeebd279648467bd7222f24779647.jpg"},{"name":"1","publicURL":"/static/1-06a1540f91eb4bd0d32490754690d366.jpg"}]}},"site":{"siteMetadata":{"title":"The British Museum: Islamic Gallery"}}},"pageContext":{"prn":"RRM47453"}}