KOR08 - Yelekkin (waistcoat, turk. yelek) inv.no.615
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Type:
Source:
Historical and Folklore Museum of Corinth - Alkmini Petropoulou – Gartagani Collection
Code:
115
Translator:
Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou
Noly Moyssi
Description:
Yelekkin (waistcoat, turk. yelek) made of cotton fabric, called alatzia (turk. alaca), with blue, white and brown stripes. The yelekkin is sleeveless with the front and back made of a single piece of material. It has a vertical opening on the breast, slits at the sides, and a small upright collar. It is lined with white cotton material, and the collar and vertical opening are decorated with brown, blue and red threads. At the collar, these coloured threads are braided to form a seiriti (cords, ribbons turk. şirit/şerit). They also form a braided strip at the vertical opening, with ten loops on the left side to receive the ten knitted buttons on the right.