sash
- Museum number
- Eu1997,04.171
- Description
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A woman's sash, a 'pojas'. Wide and long, with red, white and blue the predominant colours. Tablet woven, with undulating, oval shapes, worked in both cotton and wool threads. Warp ends plaited with a knot at the end.
- Production date
- 20thC (donor information)
- Dimensions
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Length: 292 centimetres
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Width: 9 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Text from Eth Doc 1892, no. 92: Woven by village women from purchased (?) wool in many colours, the overall scheme being of red, white and blue. Long with plaited strands and fringe at either end. The pattern in lengthwise bands of design changes halfways and has diamonds at one end and Vs at the other. It is possible that one of the designs was worn for a particular occasion (?).
Religion: Macedonian Orthodox.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1997
- Acquisition notes
- Purchased by the donor in Skopje, probably in the late 1970s.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- Eu1997,04.171