Trabolos, Scarf, silk, rust and orange color, made of 3 strips sewn together, striped horizontally, fringe at both ends in very poor condition. length: 2m 18cm Were worn by men and marriageable boys for special occasions only as when courting at weddings on important visits, etc. New very seldom worn by men and never by boys. Extremely rare. Said to have been imported from Istanbul
Donor:
University Appropriation and William G. Lockwood
Collection place:
Europe
Verbatim coll. place:
Yugoslavia, Bosnia, Ivica near Bugojno. Moslem
Culture or time period:
European
Collector:
William G. Lockwood
Collection date:
Feb 1968
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shawls and Textiles (visual works)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)