Skullcap

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Skullcap or skull cap may refer to:

• Calvaria (skull), the top part of the skull, in human (or other vertebrate animal) anatomy.
• Certain types of headgear:
  (head garments in costumery)
  • Beanie (seamed cap), a brimless cap popular among school age boys from the 1920s to the early 1940s
  • Gua pi mao (瓜皮帽), a hat commonly worn in the Qing dynasty
  • A Kippah or yarmulke, is a small cloth skullcap usually worn by Jewish men of most denominations while at prayer, some Jewish women at prayer, and Orthodox men at all times.
  • Kufi, or kofia, a skullcap worn primarily by men of West African heritage
  • Taqiyah (cap), a skullcap worn by some Muslim men
  • Tubeteika, a Central Asian cap
  • Tuque, a knit hat
  • Zucchetto, worn by Catholic clergy (including the Pope)
  • Biretta, a square or triangular black cap, forming part of some clerical, academic or legal dress
  • Jeep cap, originating with the US Army, and popular among some skateboarders
  • Calotte (Belgium)
• (helmet in warfare)
  • Cervelliere, a term for a round-bowl type iron helmet of the medieval period
  • Capeline, worn under civilian hats during early modern periods
• (sports equipment)
  • A Ski mask
• Plants of the genus Scutellaria, such as S. lateriflora, used in herbal medicine
• Galerina autumnalis, or autumn skullcap, a poisonous mushroom
• Skullcap, ruins in the fictional Dragonlance universe