choker 14110
Margaritari (pearl) from santifi, choker
Margaritari (pearl) from santifi, choker
Margaritari (pearl) from santifi, choker
Margaritari (pearl) from santifi, choker
Object Identity
Object ID Number
14110
Object name
choker
Other / Local name
margaritari (pearl) from santifi
Style
town costume
Production date range
beginning of 21st century
Part of outfit
No
Physical Description
Description
Μαργαριτάρι από σαντίφι, περιλαίμιο, εξάρτημα της νυφικής ενδυμασίας τα νυφ'κάτα, την οποία φορούν οι Βυσσιώτισσες και μετά το γάμο σε εξαιρετικές περιστάσεις. Σε χρυσό ιερατικό σειρήτι με κίτρινους ενυφασμένους σταυρούς και μικρά φυτικά μοτίβα είναι στερεωμένες δέκα σειρές από σιντεφένιες χάντρες και ένας σταυρός. Παλαιότερα, το κόσμημα αυτό προερχόταν από τα Ιεροσόλυμα ή το Άγιο Όρος.
Decoration & Patterns
Decoration
religious motifs
Decorative patterns / subjects
crosses
Decoration
vegetal decoration
Decorative patterns / subjects
-
Width
0.020
Length
0.550
Production
Production date range
beginning of 21st century
Material
braid
sintefi (nacre)
Techniques
applique
embellished
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
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
Lyceum Club of Greek Women Calendar 2002: front cover, photos 1, 3
Documentation
Research bibliographic references
Melidou-Kefala, N. 2002, "Παραδοσιακές ενδυμασίες της Θράκης", in the Calendar of the Lyceum Club of Greek Women, Athens.

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