Women felt cap decorated with pearls © Ethnographic museum in Belgrade
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