Subject: ਨਿਹੰਗ nihang / ਅਕਾਲੀ akālī 'immortal' warrior saint
Culture: Punjabi Sikh
Setting: Sikh empire, Punjab 1704-1846
Object: costume = dastar bungga 'fortress turban', ਚੋਲਾ cōlā robe
Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery *
"Quoit turban (dastar bungga)
Indian, Lahore, 18th century"
This turban is made of cane wrapped in dark blue cotton.
It is fitted with six throwing quoits (chakra) and
a long plaited steel wire retaining three small steel knives." ...
* AC Rajwada
* Metropolitan Ballet Theatre, Roman Museum
