KOR23 Yelekkin (waistcoat, turk. yelek) inv.no.616
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Type:
Source:
Historical and Folklore Museum of Corinth - Alkmini Petropoulou – Gartagani Collection
Code:
130
Translator:
Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou
Noly Moyssi
Description:
Yelekkin (waistcoat, turk. yelek) is made of cotton fabric, alatzia (turk. alaca), with blue and red stripes. Half of the back is from the same fabric but the lower part is made of white cotton. The sleeveless yelekkin, the front and back of which are made of a single piece of material, 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 black thread. They are also used to form a braided strip at the vertical opening, with eighteen loops on the left side to receive the blue plastic buttons on the right. On the left side there is a small internal pocket. Its opening is decorated with yellow thread.