Accession No

1958.169 C


Description

A cream cotton hat with a flat round top and flaring sides. Decorated with gold silk embroidery in bands of patterns around the sides and a star shape on the top.


Place

Europe; Southern Europe; Greece; West Macedonia; Pindus; Grevena; Samarina


Period


Source

Wace, Alan John Bayard (Professor) [field collector]; Wace, Helen [donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

1958.169 C


Cultural Affliation

Vlach


Material

Cloth; Felt; Silk


Local Term

Katshula; Kaliposhe


Measurements

170mm x 140mm x 170mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
C: white, cone shaped cap or " kaliposche" , heavily embroidered in orange silk. A variety of fez favoured by the Thessalonian Vlachs
Event Date 19/10/1993
Author: MAA Admin


Context (CMS Context)
Found: Northern Pindus; Exhibited: On display in the Maudslay Hall, CUMAA, from 1990; Collected by: Wace.Professor.A.J.B in 1910; 1911; 1912

Event Date 19/10/1993
Author: MAA Admin


Context (CMS Context)
'(Bio) Female donor: Mrs. Wace. M. Backhouse, 10/9/2004.'
Event Date 5/5/2015
Author: MAA Admin


Conservation (Pest Debris Removed)
CON.2015.1284 | Pest Debris Removed
Event Date 5/5/2015
Author: MAA Admin


Conservation (Repack)
CON.2015.1285 | Repack
Event Date 5/5/2015
Author: MAA Admin


Conservation ()
736 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: MAA Admin


Description (Physical description)
A cream cotton hat with a flat round top and flaring sides. Decorated with gold silk embroidery in bands of patterns around the sides and a star shape on the top.
Event Date 28/4/2023
Author: Emily Shorter


FM:281228

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