fez
Gender information of the object:
Color:
Type:
Primary Material:
3D object:
Code:
462
Translator:
Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou
Description:
Women's red fez made of felt, without lining. It features two tassels made of black silk threads, one short and the other long. The short tassel starts from the centre of the top and forms the tepeliki, which covers the upper part of the fez. Its fringes fall all around, covering the fez, onto which it is secured with two rows of stitches. The second tassel, a long dangling tassel, flokkos, falls on the side and reaches shoulder height. The fez is paired with the white handkerchief 2145.
Dimensions: height 12 cm., diameter 14 cm., tassel length 63 cm.
Purchase Price: 149 drachmas.
Bibliography:
E. Ριζοπούλου-Ηγουμενίδου και Μωυσή, Ν. 2023: Συλλογή Κυπριακών Ενδυμασιών του Μουσείου Ενδυμασίας του Λυκείου των Ελληνίδων (ΜΕΛΕ), Λευκωσία: Κέραμος.