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Women felt cap decorated with pearls © Ethnographic museum in Belgrade

PEARL CAP TEPELUK

Tepeluk is type of women cap made of felt and decorated with pearls. Tepeluk is in the shape of a cup with one center and eleven smaller cups placed in two concentric circles. Between two rows of piles of pearls stretches a winding pearl vine. Pearl tassels fill the space between the cups. Tepeluk is part of women’s urban costume.

Date of production: End of 19. Century

Place of Design: Vicinity of Belgrade, central Serbia, Serbia

Made in: Vicinity of Belgrade, central Serbia, Serbia

Size: Diameter of cone 17 cm

Felt; pearls; tailoring; sewing

Access Number: 23129

Museum: Ethnographic museum in Belgrade

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