pas, Sash, dark green homespun, home dyed and homewoven yarn. Weave makes textured triped along length. End braided fringe. length to frings: lm 53cm Worn by men over pants at waist. Now worn only by older men. Previously worn by all men on all occasions. Serbs or Catholic men's sash exactly the same but dyed red instead of green. Considered a mark of identification
Donor:
University Appropriation and William G. Lockwood
Collection place:
Europe
Verbatim coll. place:
Yugoslavia, Bosnia, Planinica near Bugojno. Moslem
Culture or time period:
Bosniaks and European
Collector:
William G. Lockwood
Collection date:
Jan 1968
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sashes (costume accessories)
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)