Objects
Knitted men’s shirt, part of men’s fishing outfit. Russians
Knitted men’s shirt, part of men’s fishing outfit. Russians
Title
Knitted men’s shirt, part of men’s fishing outfit
Ethnic groups
Russians
Territory
Russian Empire, Arkhangelsk Guberniya, Uyezd, village
Date
Late 19th century – early 20th century
Collectors-person
Kostikov Leonid V.
Material
Cloth: canvas; cloth: cotton; threads: animal: wool; wood
Number
РЭМ 2326-14
Annotation
Fishing/hunting clothing sets was an important feature of the Pomors’ clothing. The shirt is hand-knitted from home wool, and has a red-and-white pattern. Such woolen shirts to be worn open were homemade or brought from Norway. The term “shirt” was the most common; apart from it, there were other names: buzurunka on the Kandalaksha coast, Norwegian shirt or Norwetska on the Pomor coast (so called because of the ornament, often borrowed from the Norwegians), verkhovitsa or verkhova on the Onega coast, and pomorka among the Murman Coast dwellers. Abstract by O.G. Baranova