Man's wool sash (pojas); green with red, white, orange, and blue warp and weft design elements; 3 tassels at each end; 12" wide, 202" long. Pojas: Macedonian for "sash". Worn by men of all age groups with both summer and winter costume of Ovce Pole. Home woven by women for men of the family. Ovce Pole in an area around Sveti Nikole including several villages. Earlier these were predominantly red rather than green. Now both are found
Donor:
Velimir Nikolov
Collection place:
Skopje, Skopje Region, Macedonia
Culture or time period:
Macedonian (modern culture)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sashes (costume accessories)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Loans:
S1965-1966 #41: Department of Home Economics (UC Davis) (January 18, 1966–February 28, 1966) and S1980-1981 #33: Roberson Center (December 10, 1980–March 27, 1981)