Head scarf

NameScarf

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Date1922

Place madeMacedonia, Europe

(not assigned)North Macedonia (Formerly Republic of Macedonia), Southeastern Europe, Europe

MediumCotton

Dimensions30 5/16 × 27 3/16 in. (77 × 69 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Bernard and Susan Ziobro, A.2016.1.50

Object numberA.2016.1.50

Collections

Europe

DescriptionEcru-colored even weave cotton embroidered with an oblique stitch in two shades of red, with one row of alternating green and white to demarcate the different sections of the scarf. Two rows of pulled (drawn) thread work forms interlocking rectangles in colors of red, white, yellow and green. One side of the scarf shows pulled thread in process. One edge is completed.