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Whose Cap is this? – gold-embroidered headwear
in the women’s costume of Pannonian Serbs in the 19th and the
first half of the 20th century Author: Vera Šarac-Momčilović Ethnographic museum in Belgrade, 2006. |
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 Clothing
adorned with embroidery using threads of precious metals, gold and
silver-gold-embroidery-was and has remained the component part of the
festive clothing of many people. In the traditional culture of Serbs,
gold-embroidery has a tradition of several centuries. Coming from the
Orient, during the Middle Ages it was further developed in the Byzantium
style. It reached its climax in the church artistic embroidery of
medieval Serbia. In the national culture of Serbs of the Pannonian
culture and geographic space it adopted the characteristics of European
artistic styles with a remarkable influence from Russia. In the costumes
of Serbian women it was accepted as a way of decoration of their festive
and ritual clothing.Gold-embroidered headwear in the women’s costume of Pannonian Serbs in the 19th and the first half of the 20th century presents one of the most luxurious objects of the Serbian traditional material culture. Headwear, shawls, headscarves and caps, embroidered with gold and silver threads, adorned with colored glass beads and artificial pearls, were component part of the festive costume of wealthy Serbian women from Vojvodina, Baranja, western Slavonia, southern Hungary and the Romanian part of Banat. They were worn as symbol of ethnic identity of Serbian women from Sent Andrea to Zemun and from Temisvar to Djakovo. It is our desire that by presenting one segment of the material culture of Pannonian Serbs we contribute to the better knowledge of out own, Slavic, but European cultural identity as well.  Beside
the objects from the northern parts of the Republic of Serbia and
Vojvodina, there are also displayed examples and photos of
gold-embroidered headwear of Serbian women from neighboring
countries-Rumania, Hungary and Croatia. The visitors will have an
opportunity to see some of the most valuable objects from the
collections of the Ethnographic museum in Belgrade objects borrowed from
the Museum of Vojvodina in Novi Sad and the Museum of Srem from Sremska
Mitrovica.
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