Leggings

Museum number:
7-5135a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21075135a@2cb
Alternate number:
26 (previous number)
Accession number:
Acc.1988
Description:
Woman's leggings (tozluci); purple wool with multicolored embroidery and commercial cloth overlay; each is 31 cm long.
Donor:
Velimir Nikolov
Collection place:
Mitroj Krsti, Polog Region, Republic of Macedonia
Verbatim coll. place:
Purchased in Gostivar
Production place:
Mitroj Krsti, Polog Region, Republic of Macedonia
Culture or time period:
Macedonian (modern culture)
Collector:
Velimir Nikolov
Collection date:
August 28, 1964
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Leggings
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
1965
Context of use:
Part of traditional costume. Worn in winter or when cold around calf of leg over stocking of women. (Younger women wear this brighter, more decorated type.) Basic material is Klasnja, felted woven wool cloth. Made by Terzija, professional tailors of folk costume. Similar costume piece by same name is worn by males. Still in use by some of population at time of collection (1964).
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Loans:
S1965-1966 #41: Department of Home Economics (UC Davis) (January 18, 1966–February 28, 1966)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Leggings, accession number 7-5135a,b, described as Woman's leggings (tozluci); purple wool with multicolored embroidery and commercial cloth overlay; each is 31 cm long.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Leggings, accession number 7-5135a,b, described as Woman's leggings (tozluci); purple wool with multicolored embroidery and commercial cloth overlay; each is 31 cm long.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Leggings, accession number 7-5135a,b, described as Woman's leggings (tozluci); purple wool with multicolored embroidery and commercial cloth overlay; each is 31 cm long.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Leggings, accession number 7-5135a,b, described as Woman's leggings (tozluci); purple wool with multicolored embroidery and commercial cloth overlay; each is 31 cm long.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Leggings, accession number 7-5135a,b, described as Woman's leggings (tozluci); purple wool with multicolored embroidery and commercial cloth overlay; each is 31 cm long.

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