DepartmentTextiles-Europe
young man's festival dress
NameEnsemble
Artist
Artist unrecorded
Dateca. 1900
Place madeMiyak, North Macedonia, Balkan Peninsula/Southeast Europe, Europe
MediumWool, cotton, leather
Credit LineThe Ronald Wixman/Stephen Glaser Collection; Gift of Bernard W. Ziobro; IFAF Collection.
Object numberV.2018.12.1-7
ProvenanceThe Macedonian Arts Council, from 2007-2010, presented as a gift to the Museum of International Folk Art 25 ensembles of multiple pieces. While a small number of the pieces were purchased, the majority of the costumes were donated to the Arts Council by collectors based in the United States and Macedonia
DescriptionMiyak men wore very heavy wool garments all year round when attending festivals. A male tailor, terzia, constructed the garments. The decorative trim is called gaitan. A brown cotton shirt was worn under the pleated coat, dolama. Wool trousers, bechvi, a wool belt, poyas, a short wool jacket, kepe, a hat, keche, and leather shoes, opinci complete the outfit. Men of other ethnic and religious groups in Debar, some parts of the Bryak region, and Albania wore the same style. The dolama was reserved for festival days, whereas the rest of the garments could be worn every day (Young Brides, Old Treasures: Macedonian Embroidered Dress, edited by Bobbie Sumberg, 2011).Parts of Ensemble: A.2009.15.1, Shirt, man's: Mintan, c. 1920
Parts of Ensemble: A.2009.15.2, Jacket, mans: Kepe, c. 1920
Parts of Ensemble: A.2009.15.3, Pants, mans: betchvi, c. 1920
Parts of Ensemble: A.2009.15.4, Sash, man's: Pojas, c. 1920
Parts of Ensemble: A.2009.15.5, Cap, man's: Keche, c. 1920
Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.6.135, Overcoat (men's): Dolama
Parts of Ensemble: FA.1972.26.1 H, Shoes: Opinci, c. 1900
