Development of Female in Private and in Public Headgear of the Qajar Era Based on Cultural Psychology

The present study aimed  investigating the development of female headgear of the Qajar era in the in-private  and in-public based on cultural psychology. The research universe consisted of all  cultural psychology and historical texts on female headgear in the Qajar era. Study sample purposively embraced all types of female headgear of the Qajar era such as Taj, Taj Kolah, Sarband, Araqchin, Lachak, Charqad, Chador, Chador-e Godar, Rubandeh, and Picheh. The study was conducted using a qualitative descriptive-analytical method. The data was collected via library method through taking notes and assessing images from the existing cultural psychology and historical sources. The results showed that through the course of the Qajar Dynasty, the in-private female headgear of the upper class changed from Taj and Taj Kolah to Charqad and Lachak, while the in-public headgears remained relatively the same. That means, while in-private headgears had gradually become more complete but less complicated, the in-public headgears, namely Chador, Rubndeh, and Picheh, stood nearly loyal to their traditional form with very little changes, such as replacement of fabric-made Pichesh with horse-hair-woven ones. Generally, it could be concluded that despite diversity and changes in the form and material of in-private female headgears during the Qajar era, the in-public headgears remained limited and unchanged.