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Necklace, Vojvodina, Serbia, 1986
Beads, Silver
Necklace, Vojvodina, Serbia, 1986
Necklace, Vojvodina, Serbia, 1986
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Beads, Silver

Date1986
Mediumstring or twine, beads (plastic?)
DimensionsOverall: 18 in. (45.7 cm)
Classifications3: Personal Artifacts
Object number2003.086.0029
DescriptionPart of a woman's wedding kroj; eight strands of silver beads that are attached to one another with a necklace hook on each end; some strands are actually a bit longer than others so as to hang in different places when worn; worn with a wedding parta. ---- ---- Part of woman's wedding kroj- village is made up of descendants of immigrants to Serbia from Slovakia. The first wave went in 1741 and another followed in the late 1800's. More information in file. ---- ---- Vojvodina, Slovakia; donors purchased about 30 kroje in the 1970's and 1980's while members of a traveling dance troupe ---- ----
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