Fig 24.Fig 25.Fig 26.Fig 27.Fig 28.Fig 29.Fig 30.
Fig 24.Fig 25.Fig 26.Fig 27.Fig 28.Fig 29.Fig 30.
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Fig 26.Fig 27.Fig 28.
Fig 29.Fig 30.
The inhabitants of Eastern nations always have their heads covered. In China the men wear hats in shape and size resembling large umbrellas, like Figs.18 and 23, orelse small conical caps similar to Fig.17. These are made of beautifully wrought cane-work and often have pictures of birds and flowers painted upon them. They also have another cap, which though richer in material is not so graceful. It is similar in shape to Fig.22, made of black velvet with a blue silk centre and a red tassel surmounting the top. The distinctive mark of different ranks among the mandarins consists in the color and value of the button worn on the cap. Figs.19 and 20show the peculiar head-dress worn by the Japanese when going forth to battle. In Arabia, notwithstanding the heat of the climate, the men wear a most preposterous head-dress. Frequently fifteen cloth or linen caps are worn one over the other, the upper one being gorgeously embroidered in gold with a sentence from the Koran worked upon it. Not satisfied with this curious coiffure they add to it by wrapping around the outer cap a large piece of muslin ornamented at the ends with silk or golden fringe, which stream loosely on the shoulders.
A plume of white heron’s feathers is the distinctive badge of a chief among the Uzbek Tartars.
Throughout the East the turban is generally worn, its height being a mark to denote the rank of the wearer. In color it is generally of the most brilliant hue, and of richly embroidered materials. Great taste and ingenuity are exercised in the manner of twisting it around the head so as to make the folds appear as graceful as possible. The different turbans on page9give some idea of the various shapes they can be made to assume.
Emirs or Sharifs, descendants of Mohammed’s daughter, are alone allowed the high honor of adorning their heads with green turbans.