Waist girdle no. 102
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Source:
The Aziz Damdelen Collection, Kioneli (Gönneli).
Code:
228
Translator:
Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou
Description:
Waist girdle (uçkur/uşgur) made of loosely woven cotton cloth. Both narrow ends are embroidered at the ends with flower patterns – three groups of blue flowers at each end – consisting of two crossed sprigs with different flower motifs. The stems are embroidered with gold metal wire (tel). Under the flowers runs a wavy tendril (filiz) in blue. There is a machine-made seam on all four sides. Width: 16.5cm. Length: 2.00m.
Bibliography:
Rizopoulou - Egoumenidou, E. and Damdelen, A., 2012, Aziz Damdelen, Turkish Cypriot dress The Aziz Damdelen Collection, Nicosia, 228.