METAL ADORNMENTS OF/ WITH BALKAN INFLUENCES, COMPONENTS OF WOMEN’S FOLK COSTUMES IN OLTENIA AND BANAT
METAL ADORNMENTS OF/ WITH BALKAN INFLUENCES, COMPONENTS OF WOMEN’S FOLK COSTUMES IN OLTENIA AND BANAT

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, we intend a presentation of women’s head coverings, in terms of ethno-cultural representation processes, their presence in the Balkan area during the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, by bringing to light the coexistence of different ethnic and religious minorities within the areas of our interest. Using the new analysis, based mainly on visual-comparative research methods, we emphasize the interactions between the areas covered and the Oriental or Western areas, defining from a polycentric perspective, that is to say identifying accessories as hybrid objects, which result from trade, and contacts involving, at the same time, physical and behavioural practices.

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