Eliznik home > Romania > costume > costume photo album - maramures > photo
Description
Straw hat (pălărie de paie) with narrow brim, decorated with coloured beads and a single feather.
Short waist length linen shirt (Cămaşe scurtă) decorated with black, blue and maroon woollen embroidery on shoulders, cuffs and and hem. The neck is tied with a black woollen cord with tassels.
Traditional wide trousers (gaci), each leg being made of at least 2 widths of linen cloth, and decorated with rows of black braid on bottom of legs.
Shoulder bag decorated with coloured woollen embroidery and tassles.
Heavy black leather boots (bocani)
Costume Reference pages
Photo taken in Negreşti-Oaş, in July 1990