bag
- Museum number
- Eu2006,1103.24
- Description
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A square bag, called a 'tarisnya'. Made from one piece of predominantly red fabric folded in half weftwise. The cloth is twill woven (2/2 twill), with a red cotton warp and wool weft; handwoven. Repeating bands throughout: black/white; turquoise; yellow; blue. The top of the bag is turned and sewn. Two commercially made (?) cream and brown loops are attached to the top of the bag and through these is looped the handle, a narrow wool, tablet woven, braid (orange, green, and black).
- Production date
- 1980s (donor information)
- Dimensions
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Length: 49 centimetres (without handles)
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Width: 46 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Information provided by donor: This bag is called a 'tarisnya'; it is unused and was made in the 1980s. Bags are now the only thing woven in the villages [as at 2006]; people like to have them to demonstrate their Csango identity. These bags are an ethnic marker, distinct from village to village, and distinguish the Csango from Romanian speakers or from Orthodox Christians. If somebody sees someone carrying this bag they would be more likely to approach them and speak to them.
This item comes from the Roka family, friends of the donor. It belonged to one of the family's great aunts. When someone dies, relatives take items of clothing to keep or use. Most of the items from this village [Eu2006,1103. 15 - 25] come the same old lady's clothes.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2006
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- Eu2006,1103.24