19th century Icelandic woman wearing a deep tail cap

The Icelandic tail-cap or skotthúfa is a typical part of the Icelandic national costume. Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland ( ( Ísland or Lýðveldið Ísland ( Þjóðbúningurinn is the collective native term for the Icelandic National costumes The costumes Peysuföt The Peysuföt are It is worn with a bodice-dress (upphlutsbúningur ) and peysuföt.

It is a black tailed cap, originally knitted from a small string with a tassel made of fine wool and later sewed with velvet with a silk tassel (35 – 38 cm. Wool is the fiber derived from the specialized skin cells called follicles of animals in the Caprinae family principally sheep, but the hair of certain species Velvet is a type of tufted fabric in which the cut threads are very evenly distributed with a short dense pile giving it a distinct feel Silk is a natural Protein Fiber, some forms of which can be woven into Textiles The best-known type of silk is obtained from cocoons ).

In the beginning of the 19th century, the tail-cap was rather deep, but from 1860 it was replaced by the modern, shorter version. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting The tassel and cap are connected with a tassel-cylinder (skúfhólkur) made of silver or gold. Silver (ˈsɪlvɚ is a Chemical element with the symbol " Ag " (argentum from the Ancient Greek: ἀργήντος - argēntos gen Gold (ˈɡoʊld is a Chemical element with the symbol Au (from its Latin name aurum) and Atomic number 79 The cap is pinned in the hair by means of a black knitting-pin but if the woman wears plaits, the end of them are fastened under the cap in the neck with a typical cap-pin.