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The model evokes a folk maiden in church dress of Sárköz. © Róbert Bácsi

HEADDRESS AND BEADS OF SÁRKÖZ

The model evokes a folk maiden in church dress of Sárköz. She wears several pairs of headdresses, the first is the so-called “forehead velvet”, the larger headdress behind is decorated with artificial flowers, colourful ribbons and plastic beads. The neck is decorated with several rows of beaded collars of the interlocking type, structured like a net. The jewellery is made of different shapes (round, round, long, cone) of coloured beads (white, gold, green, red), with a so-called “gizmo” at the end (the light green coloured one bead at the end)

Date of production: Unknow, purchased by the museum in 1966

Size: Diameter: 30 cm (beads), 19×25 cm (headdress)

Plastic beads, plastic beading thread, artificial flowers, ribbons, beadingwork, sewing

Museum: Hungarian Heritage House – Museum of Hungarian Applied Folk Art

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