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Decoration of a Janissary hood
(زخرفة من قلنسوة انكشارية)

Title	Decoration of a Janissary hood
Title Original	زخرفة من قلنسوة انكشارية
Publication Date:	Eleventh century AH / seventeenth century AD
Publication Place	- Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Subject	Silver, gold plating, decorated with flat wire and roughening
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	25.6 × 9.5 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	M.2002.1.27
Record ID	object;EPM;us;Mus21;16;ar
Library Location	Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Date	Eleventh century AH / seventeenth century AD
Notes	The military supremacy that helped extend Ottoman authority globally was based largely on the Janissaries - offensive infantry forces. As part of their dress, the Janissaries wore sock-shaped bonnets that were also worn on the forearm as an ornament, such as this rare silver-plated example, the slightly concave piece decorated with elaborate, geometric-worked designs bearing distinctive insignia and markings showing Janissary loyalty to the Sultan - most likely a spoon which indicates It was the ruler who served him his daily soup.
Sample Text	"Decoration of a Janissary hood" within Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus21;16;ar

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Decoration of a Janissary hood

(زخرفة من قلنسوة انكشارية)

Publication Date Eleventh century AH / seventeenth century AD

Publication Place - Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Subject Silver, gold plating, decorated with flat wire and roughening

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions 25.6 × 9.5 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID M.2002.1.27

Record ID object;EPM;us;Mus21;16;ar

Library Location Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Date Eleventh century AH / seventeenth century AD

Notes The military supremacy that helped extend Ottoman authority globally was based largely on the Janissaries - offensive infantry forces. As part of their dress, the Janissaries wore sock-shaped bonnets that were also worn on the forearm as an ornament, such as this rare silver-plated example, the slightly concave piece decorated with elaborate, geometric-worked designs bearing distinctive insignia and markings showing Janissary loyalty to the Sultan - most likely a spoon which indicates It was the ruler who served him his daily soup.

Sample Text "Decoration of a Janissary hood" within Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus21;16;ar