cloak
- Museum number
- Eu1971,01.72
- Description
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A shepherd's hooded cloak, 'opandjak'. This thick, heavy garment (twill woven) is made with a cream-coloured cotton warp and light brown sheep's wool and goat hair weft; seven panels in total. [Maximum weaving width 31 cms.] The cloak is secured at the neck on the left side (as worn) with a toggle made from a rolled up piece of rectangular fabric, identical to the cloak's ground. The loop on the right side is made from a large cream and mid-brown coloured plait, which has been applied to both fronts and around the hood and hem. The goat hair, which acts as a water repellent, has worn in many places, but least on the left front, where a hidden pocket (with a side opening) has been stitched.
- Production date
- 1900-1925
- Dimensions
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Length: 183 centimetres
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Width: 100 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Text from Eth Doc 1836 ( entry 71): Shepherd's cloak, 'opandjak', from the village of Konoush, Haskovo district, south Bulgaria. This garment is mainly used by shepherds, to keep them dry and warm when in the mountains. It is made of a fabric with a cotton base and a mixed weft of goat's hair and wool. The latter makes it easier to stretch the thread while the goat's hair repels the water from the surface of the cloak. The garment consists of vertically arranged straight pieces of cloth. It is sleeveless and is worn over the shoulders like a cape which is usually hooded. The edges are trimmed with a knitted cord which is usually hooded. The edges are trimmed with a knitted cord which preserves the cloth from unravelling.
Beginning of the C20th.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1971
- Acquisition notes
- Part of a collection of 347 items given by the Bulgarian Committee for Cultural Relations in 1971, together with a full list describing each item, its manufacture and usage, with general account of Bulgarian costume in the different regions (Eth Doc 1836, pp. 21-25); specific information is given under 'Curator's Comment'.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- Eu1971,01.72
