Shirt Item Number: 858/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Long cream cotton men’s shirt. The shirt has a round neckline, long sleeves and full lower half. The centre front partial opening is trimmed with narrow bands of red, black and green embroidery and white scalloped edging; fastened with a brown plastic button and loop. The end of the sleeves are finished with blue knotted edge stitching and orange beads. Small, multi-coloured embroidered medallion worked in counted cross stitch on the back of each sleeve, just above the elbow. Sleeves are close fitting at the armhole. Entirely hand-sewn. The inside is unlined.
Narrative
All items in An858 were collected by the donor while she was a member of an archeological field team near Bjelavici, Yugoslavia (now in Bosnia), northwest of Sarajevo, during the summer of 1968.
Item History
- Made before 1968
- Collected during 1968
- Owned by Jay Stewart before March 17, 1983
- Received from Jay Stewart (Donor) on March 17, 1983
What
- Name
- Shirt
- Identification Number
- 858/1
- Type of Item
- shirt
- Material
- glass, cotton fibre, plastic and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- cut, sewn and embroidered
- Overall
- height 106.5 cm, width 134.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Bosnian
- Previous Owner
- Jay Stewart
- Received from
- Jay Stewart (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- “Bosnia-Herzegovina: Bjelavici” ?
When
- Creation Date
- before 1968
- Collection Date
- during 1968
- Ownership Date
- before March 17, 1983
- Acquisition Date
- on March 17, 1983
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0858/0001