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1995.11.8

Women's cap of linen in six pieces.

1995.11.8

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Collection type
Object
Description
Women's cap of linen in six pieces.
Geographical reference
Slovakia
Europe > Eastern Europe > Slovakia
Zavadka [Bansk'a a Bystrica] Polomka
Cultural groups
Slovakian
Person
Field collector Leonie Gombrich
PRM source Lisbeth Gombrich
PRM source Richard Gombrich
Date / Period
Date made: 1900-1995
Date collected
1900 - 1935 APPROX
Acquisition information
Donated: 1995
Materials and processes
Material Cotton Textile Plant, Material Linen Textile Plant, Process Embroidered, Process Brocaded Woven, Process Needle-Lace
Dimensions
Width 200 mm crown to forehead, Length 210 mm crown to neck
Object numbers
Accession number: 1995.11.8
Research and responses

Reference to similar material: Gazdikova, A: Women's Bonnets in folk dress, 1991, (Mus. Mankind H6/KVL Lc59687) fig 44 from Z'avadka (Banksk'a Bystrica) same style with folded back 'ear' flaps and similar overall form and pattern of embroidery. Classified as C-II-4-5, No99.

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