Two caps - one embroidered, one beaded

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  1. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    I picked up these two hats yesterday for a dollar each. One is embroidered blue velvet. It is lined and has a label. The other is decorated with designs made of red, green and yellow bugle beads. I believe it is made of multiple layers of wool. It is unlined.

    I haven't gotten anywhere trying to figure out where these two come from. Can you help?

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    Bookahtoo, Jul 12, 2015
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  2. Pat P

    Pat P Well-Known Member

    According to this site "8 Mapta," March 8th, is Women's Day in Russia.

    The style and alphabet look Russian to me, too.
     
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  3. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    Thank you Pat!
     
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  4. Pat P

    Pat P Well-Known Member

    You're welcome, Book!
     
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  5. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    Well kiss my babushka. :)
     
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  6. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    I haven't been able to make this out completely. The word on the bottom line appears to be Tоржок (Torzhok), which is a town in Russia. It says in this Wikipedia article that Torzhok is known for its "folk craft of goldwork embroidery" -- I don't know what that means... embroidery with gold threads? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torzhok

    The words at the top may be the name of a company or a factory... I'm not sure. I could not get them to come out to any known words in Russian or Ukrainian, using Google Translate.
     
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  7. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

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  8. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Bukharan? Central Asian any which way. Maybe Muslim, maybe Jewish; I've never been able to see much difference.
     
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  9. Bookahtoo

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    So - first one Russian yarmulke perhaps?
    What about the second one - the same?
     
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  10. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    A yarmulke is the Jewish cap; these might be Muslim. I'd check before using the Yiddish word, just in case, doubly since no one where these came from speaks the language anyway. :)
     
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  11. Pat P

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    I don't think they're yarmulkes, which are normally done-shaped to fit the curvature of the head.
     
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  12. Pat P

    Pat P Well-Known Member

    I saw similar hats in Google using these keywords... "russian uzbek beaded hats"
     
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  13. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Central Asian kippahs are often hats like this too, and have fancy embroidery. I've never seen a beaded one which doesn't mean there aren't any.
     
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