apron
- Museum number
- Eu1997,04.152
- Description
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A woman's apron, a 'futa'. Made from two equal sized pieces of weft faced tabby woven woollen cloth, sewn edge to edge along one of the selvedges; orange/red. Predominantly cream-coloured bands framed by a single and a double bright green band on an orange/red 'ground'. Commercial black wool braiding stitched to middle (vertically), sides and hemline. Top turned and hand stitched. Ties made from comercial maroon coloured square wool braid.
- Production date
- 20thC (donor information)
- Dimensions
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Length: 56 centimetres
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Width: 54 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Text from Eth Doc 1892, no. 87: Woven by village women from home produced woollen thread. It consists of two panels joined vertically each having horizontal stripes of green and white on a red background. The edges are lined with black woollen braid. It is part of a costume similar to that worn in Galičnik. The Mijaks are a matriarchal society of Albanian origin.
Religion: Macedonian Orthodox.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1997
- Acquisition notes
- Obtained for the donor in the 1960s by Živko Firfov of the Folklore Institute in Skopje.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- Eu1997,04.152
