apron
- Museum number
- Eu1997,04.105
- Description
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A woman's apron, a 'futa'. Made from two equal sized pieces of tapestry woven goat hair and wool cloth stitched together horizontally along one selvedge. Yellow and white diamond trellis patterning on a black 'ground' (goat hair). An identical composite diamond motif worked in white, pink, yellow, lilac and black woollen yarn. 'Hooks' attached to white diamond and diamonds worked with gold-coloured metal-wrapped thread. Top corner turned and hand stitched. Large hole in lower section near seam. No ties.
- Production date
- 1950s (donor information)
- Dimensions
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Length: 77 centimetres
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Width: 58 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Text from Eth Doc 1892, no. 67: Made by village women from black goat hair and sheep's wool, using the kilim technique on a portable narrow loom. Two widths of woven cloth are joined horizontally with pattern mirrored. The overall colour is black with large diamonds picked out in white and yellow. Inset are large concentric diamonds (moons?). Other motifs could be scorpions. The insets have additional maroon and gilt thread. The design represents the wearer's village and tribal group. There is a small hole at the panel join - this could be the result of wearing a pinned-on metal accessory.
The colouring of this apron is unusual for this region, although the pattern is similar to those worn in the region.
Religion: Macedonian Orthodox.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1997
- Acquisition notes
- Purchased by the donor from a carpet dealer in the 'Bit Pazar' (market) in the old quarter of Skopje in 1973.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- Eu1997,04.105
