cap
- Museum number
- Eu1997,04.56
- Description
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A man's cap; part of wedding attire. Circular, brimless and made of black twill woven cotton cloth. Stiffened with card (?) and lined with black woven wool cloth. Machine embroidery on top and sides; on the top a floral motif (?) within concentric circles.
- Production date
- 1910 (circa: donor information)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 17 centimetres
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Height: 6 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Text from Eth Doc 1892, no. 27c: Made by men tailors from black cotton or satin cloth, lined with card and machined with a pattern in black cotton. Up to the First World War a shallow fez with tassel was also worn, 'tunofes'.
[This type of cap] also worn in other isolated villages in the Šar Planina mountains in south west Macedonia, the border area with Albania. Other villages include Lazarapolje, and Gari and are inhabited by Mijaks, of Albanian origin.
Religion: Macedonian Orthodox.
For other parts of this attire see: 52: jacket (long sleeves); 53: jacket (short sleeves); 54: trousers; 55: sash; 57: coat; 58: hat.
Information supplementary to Eth Doc:
For further discussion of the Galicnik man's costume, and a detailed description of how and of the order in which this item of clothing was worn, see Eu1997,04.52.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1997
- Acquisition notes
- Purchased by the donor in 1973 from an old Galičnik lady living in the capital city, Skopje. It formed part of her husband's wedding attire of 1910.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- Eu1997,04.56
