Man's turban (Pagri)

Women wore head coverings out of modesty; men wore them out of pride. In India and Pakistan, a man's turban (pagri) was an assertion of his dignity, inseparable from his sense of honor. The turbans on display are particularly fine examples of various resist-dyeing techniques known generically in the West as 'tie dye.' Many tie-dyed designs were worn equally by men and women, their suitability determined by season and occasion rather than gender.