breast pin
13379
Object Identity
Object ID Number
13379
Object name
breast pin
Other / Local name
fliogkos with egkorfi
Style
town costume
Production date range
beginning of 21st century
Part of outfit
Yes
Physical Description
Description
Φλιόγκος με εγκόρφι, καρφίτσα που στερεώνεται στο κέντρο του στήθους με τη νυφική ενδυμασία τα νυφ'κάτα, που φορούν οι Βυσσιώτισσες και μετά το γάμο σε εξαιρετικές περιστάσεις. Σε λευκή συνθετική κορδέλα που σχηματίζει πολλαπλό φλιόγκο είναι στερεωμένη μεταλλική, επιχρυσωμένη καρφίτσα, εγκόρφι, σε σχήμα καλαθιού με ανθάκια, διακοσμημένη με λευκά στρασάκια.
Decoration & Patterns
Decoration
vegetal decoration
Decorative patterns / subjects
basket with blossom
Height
0.200
Width
0.170
Production
Production date range
beginning of 21st century
Material
metal
strass
synthetic ribbon
Techniques
applique
chyti (with embroideries in open or drawn threadwork)
gilding
Use
Population / Cultural / Ethnic group
refugees
User
woman
Age
young woman
Status
bride
Occasion
bridal
Date range
beginning of 21st century
Population / Cultural / Ethnic group
refugees
User
woman
Status
married woman
Occasion
festive
Date range
beginning of 21st century
Place of use (Country | Geographic Area | Prefecture & Region)
Greece |
Thrace |
Evros
Nea Vyssa
Acquisition
Acquisition method
Purchase
Acquisition date (circa)
25/7/2001
Additional information
It was bought in Thessaloniki (at the same place where women from Vyssa go even to this day to buy them) from Nelli Mellidou Kefala, director of the Folklife and Ethnological Museum of Macedonia and Thrace, for the needs of the exhibition Traditional Costumes of Thrace at the Museum of History of the Greek Costume, Lyceum Club of Greek Women (2002).
Publications
Object publication history
Documentation
Research bibliographic references
Image license
Use the file or the thumbnail of the image according to the license:
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives
