Beaded bracelets

Museum number:
7-5181a
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm2107005181a
Alternate number:
72 (previous number)
Accession number:
Acc.1988
Description:
2 beaded bracelets (alki resalii- "fringed bracelets")' black beaded core with loops of red and white beads; each bracelet closes with a button and loop; a)18cm long; b)16.5cm long See acc. envelope. Made by girls and young women for festive occasions; one wore at each wrists. Still in use in some areas of Macedonia
Donor:
Velimir Nikolov
Collection place:
Tajmiste, Southwestern Region, Macedonia
Verbatim coll. place:
Yugoslavia; Macedonia; Tajmište (Kičevo region)
Culture or time period:
Macedonian (modern culture)
Collector:
Velimir Nikolov
Collection date:
Aug 3, 1964
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
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)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beaded bracelets, accession number 7-5181a, described as 2 beaded bracelets (alki resalii- "fringed bracelets")' black beaded core with loops of red and white beads; each bracelet closes with a button and loop; a)18cm long; b)16.5cm long See acc. envelope. Made by girls and young women for festive occasions; one wore at each wrists. Still in use in some areas of Macedonia

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