Waist girdle no. 111
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Source:
The Aziz Damdelen Collection, Kioneli (Gönneli).
Code:
237
Translator:
Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou
Description:
Man’s underwear girdle (erkek don uçkuru/uşguru) made of ivory cotton cloth. On all four sides it is finished with a hem made with a sewing machine. It is decorated with simple, fine embroidery in thin gold wire (tel). The decoration comprises four flowers, most probably stylized tulips, with four crosses between them. The stem of the flowers ends with horizontal projections, one on either side. The ground below is formed by six separate motifs with wavy outlines. The embroidery is made with filling stitch (dolgu işi) in fine execution. Width: 19cm. Length: 2.39m.
Bibliography:
Rizopoulou - Egoumenidou, E. and Damdelen, A., 2012, Aziz Damdelen, Turkish Cypriot dress The Aziz Damdelen Collection, Nicosia, 236.