Ethnologica Dalmatica, Vol. 20 , 2013.
Preliminary communication
The Island of Vis – Blind Spot of the Cartography of Croatian Traditional Clothing
Sanja Ivančić
; Etnografski muzej Split
Abstract
Unlike numerous other Croatian islands, where the folk costume is a distinctive symbol of traditional culture, on the island of Vis, this role is taken by traditional economic activities: wine-growing in the city of Vis and fishing in Komiža. When presenting their island in the media, the inhabitants of Vis are used to speaking of it as an island of immaculate sea and wine, but without a folk costume. Therefore, the information that the Issa hydro-archaeological collection contains a woman’s dress ensemble has had to ethnologists the same sound and significance as Carter’s discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb to archaeologists. Pursuing the trail of this information, published in 2001, relying on evidence, documentation and their own research of this island’s ethnographic heritage, experts of the Ethnographic Museum in Split have scrutinized this surprising phenomenon with utmost care.
Keywords
Mediterranean; The Island of Vis; Urban dress; 19th and 20th centuries
Hrčak ID:
107482
URI
Publication date:
19.9.2013.
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