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A Craved Gourd
Author(s): Zdenka LechnerSubject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Customs / Folklore, Ethnohistory, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, 19th Century
Published by: Hrvatsko etnološko društvo
Keywords: craved gourd; family Crepić; Vinkovci; rosetta; embossed leaves; quadrangles;
Summary/Abstract: Among carved gourds there are some which are characterized by carved rather than by painted engraved ornaments. The author describes a gourd carved in 1892, owned by the Crepić family in Vinkovci She describes typical ornamental patterns which on this gourd include a Rosetta, embossed leaves and quadrangles, covering the entire surface of the gourd.
Journal: Etnološka tribina : Godišnjak Hrvatskog etnološkog društva
- Issue Year: 19/1989
- Issue No: 12
- Page Range: 99-104
- Page Count: 6
- Language: Croatian