Skullcap
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Skullcap or skull cap may refer to:
- Calvaria (skull)Calvaria (skull)The calvaria is the upper part of the cranium and surrounds the cranial cavity containing the brain.The calvaria is made up of the frontal, occipital and right and left parietals....
, in anatomy, the top part of the skull - HeadgearHeadgearHeadgear, headwear or headdress is the name given to any element of clothing which is worn on one's head.Headgear serve a variety of purposes:...
:- A KippahKippahA kippah or kipa , also known as a yarmulke , kapele , is a hemispherical or platter-shaped head cover, usually made of cloth, often worn by Orthodox Jewish men to fulfill the customary requirement that their head be covered at all times, and sometimes worn by both men and, less frequently, women...
or yarmulke, a small cloth skullcap worn by Orthodox Jewish men and some Jewish women - KufiKufiA kufi or kufi cap is a brimless, short, rounded cap worn by many populations in West Africa of all religions and throughout the African diaspora.-African and African-American Usage:...
, or kofia, a skullcap worn primarily by men of West African heritage - Taqiyah (cap)Taqiyah (cap)The taqiyah is a short, rounded cap worn by some observant Muslim men. When worn by itself, the taqiyah can be any color. When worn under the keffiyah scarf, it is always white. Some Muslims wrap the turban around the cap. The turban is called an imama in Arabic...
, a skullcap worn by Muslim men - TubeteikaTubeteikaA tubeteika or tübätäy is a Central Asian cap, today worn in Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan, as well as in Muslim-populated regions of Russia . The tubeteika is worn typically by the Turkic ethnic groups of the region. It bears some superficial resemblance to the yurt, another...
, a Central Asian cap - TuqueTuqueA – variously known as a knit hat or stocking cap among other names – is a knitted cap, originally of wool though now often of synthetic fibers, that is designed to provide warmth in winter...
, a knit hat - ZucchettoZucchettoThe zucchetto , a/k/a pileolus in Latin and calotte/calotta in France, Italy and Hispanic nations, is a small skullcap worn by clerics of the Roman Catholic Church, as well as in Anglicanism....
, worn by Catholic clergy (including the Pope) - BeanieBeanieA beanie is a head-hugging brimless cap with or without a visor that was once popular among school boys.-Description:In the United States of America, beanies are made by triangular sections of cloth joined by a button at the crown and seamed together around the sides.They can also be made from...
, a brimless cap popular amongst school age boys from the 1920s to the early 1940s - Sports headgear produced by Under ArmourUnder ArmourUnder Armour is an American sports clothing and accessories company. The company is a supplier of a wide range of sportswear and casual apparel mainly focusing on hi-tech sportswear for professional athletes...
that resembles a swimming cap - An iron helmet (known as a capelineCapelineCapeline is the name given to two distinct types of post-Renaissance helmetThe first was a steel skullcap usually worn by archers that continued to be worn into the 17th century by musketeers and horsemen who wished to wear fashionable broad-brimmed hats but also retain some level of protection...
) worn under civilian hats during the medieval and early modern periods - A Ski mask
- A Kippah
- Plants of the genus ScutellariaScutellariaScutellaria is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It contains about 300 species, which are commonly known as skullcaps...
, such as S. lateriflora, used in herbal medicine - Galerina autumnalis, or autumn skullcap, a poisonous mushroom
- Skullcap, ruins in the fictional Dragonlance universe