Woman’s cotton sash ( pojas-Macedonian for “ sash”); red-brown and pink checkered design; multicolored weft design on one end; fringed on one end; 83 inches long excluding fringe
Donor:
Velimir Nikolov
Collection place:
Debar, Southwestern Region, Macedonia
Culture or time period:
Macedonian (modern culture)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sashes (costume accessories)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1965
Context of use:
7-5110 through 7-5118 are part of a woman's wedding costume in Debar, Macedonia. Shown being worn in 13-5431, 13-5432, and 13-5433.
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Loans:
S1965-1966 #41: Department of Home Economics (UC Davis) (January 18, 1966–February 28, 1966)