Pregace (before the pants) Apron, wool, dark brown with fringe on three sides. length: 51cm x width: 54cm. including fringe. Made of homespun wool. Worn by women and maidens. Still very common although sometimes replaced for dress by black satin apron.
Donor:
University Appropriation and William G. Lockwood
Collection place:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Verbatim coll. place:
Yugoslavia, Bosnia, Pribrec: near Bugojno. Serbian
Culture or time period:
Serbs
Collector:
William G. Lockwood
Collection date:
August 11, 1967
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Aprons (protective wear)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment) and 2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)