Encyclopedia of National Dress [2 volumes] Traditional Clothing around the World

838 Pages·2013·14.7 MB·English

by  Jill Condra (Editor)

Encyclopedia of
National Dress
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Encyclopedia of
National Dress
Traditional Clothing
around the World
Volume 1
Jill Condra, Editor
Copyright 2013 by Jill Condra
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Encyclopedia of national dress : traditional clothing around the world / Jill Condra, editor.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-313-37636-8 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-313-37637-5 (ebook)
1. Clothing and dress—Encyclopedias. I. Condra, Jill, 1968–
GT507.E535 2013
391.003—dc23 2012040568
ISBN: 978-0-313-37636-8 (set)
978-0-313-37638-2 (v 1)
978-0-313-37640-5 (v 2)
EISBN: 978-0-313-37637-5
17 16 15 14 13 1 2 3 4 5
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Contents
Entry Guide vii
Introduction ix
The Encyclopedia 1
Museums with National Dress and Textile Collections 773
Selected Bibliography 777
About the Editor and Contributors 783
Index 793
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Entry Guide
Afghanistan, 1 Croatia, 167
Albania, 11 Cuba. See Caribbean Islands
Algeria, 19 Denmark, 177
Angola. See Southern Africa Dominican Republic. See Haiti and the
Armenia, 29 Dominican Republic
Australia, Aboriginal, 44 Egypt, 183
Australia, Settlers, 53 El Salvador. See Belize, Honduras, El
Austria. See Germany and Austria Salvador, and Nicaragua
Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the England. See Great Britain and Ireland
United Arab Emirates, 62 Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, 191
Belgium. See The Netherlands and Ethiopia, 204
Belgium Finland, 212
Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, and France, 220
Nicaragua, 71 Germany and Austria, 231
Bolivia. See Chile and Bolivia Ghana, 237
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 81 Great Britain and Ireland, 252
Botswana. See Southern Africa Greece, 269
Brazil, 93 Greenland, 280
Bulgaria, 100 Guatemala, 289
Burkina Faso. See Niger and Burkina Haiti and the Dominican Republic, 294
Faso Honduras. See Belize, Honduras, El
Canada, 111 Salvador, and Nicaragua
Caribbean Islands: Cuba, Puerto Rico, Herzegovina. See Bosnia and
Jamaica, and Lesser Antilles Herzegovina
Islands, 121 Hungary, 303
Chile and Bolivia, 131 India, 312
China, 140 India: Nagaland Tribes, 326
Costa Rica and Panama, 150 Indonesia, 336
Crete, 160 Iran, 343
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Iraq, 357 Poland, 594
Ireland. See Great Britain and Ireland Portugal, 602
Israel, 367 Puerto Rico. See Caribbean Islands
Italy, 372 Qatar. See Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Ara-
Jamaica. See Caribbean Islands bia, and the United Arab Emirates
Japan, 385 Romania, 612
Jordan. See The Palestine Region and Russia, 621
Jordan Russian Federation Republics, 633
Kenya, 395 Rwanda and Uganda, 640
Korea, 406 Saudi Arabia. See Bahrain, Qatar,
Laos (Hmong), 416 Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab
Latvia. See Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania Emirates
Lebanon and Syria, 426 Scotland. See Great Britain and Ireland
Lesser Antilles Islands. See Caribbean Slovenia, 649
Islands Somalia, 656
Libya, 440 South Paciic Islands, 663
Lithuania. See Estonia, Latvia, and South Africa. See Southern Africa
Lithuania Southern Africa: South Africa,
Madagascar, 448 Botswana, Namibia, and Angola, 672
Malaysia, 461 Spain, 682
Mauritania, 471 Sweden, 690
Mexico, 478 Switzerland, 700
Mongolia, 488 Syria. See Lebanon and Syria
Morocco, 499 Thailand, 708
Namibia. See Southern Africa Tibet, 717
Native North American Dress (United Turkey, 726
States and Canada), 510 Uganda. See Rwanda and Uganda
The Netherlands and Belgium, 519 United Arab Emirates. See Bahrain,
New Zealand, 527 Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United
Nicaragua. See Belize, Honduras, El Arab Emirates
Salvador, and Nicaragua United States: Hawaii, 740
Niger and Burkina Faso, 536 United States: Hispanic West, 746
Nigeria, 545 United States: New England, 752
Norway, 557 United States: Puerto Rico. See Carib-
Pakistan, 567 bean Islands
The Palestine Region and Jordan, 574 Vietnam, 758
Panama. See Costa Rica and Panama Wales. See Great Britain and Ireland
The Philippines, 585 Yemen and Oman, 764
Introduction
Modern dress exists in an age when a global culture is in the process of devel-
oping thanks to rapid exchanges of information, but there are still distinc-
tions to be made between peoples of different countries and different cultures.
Most of the world does indeed wear American-style jeans and T-shirts, but many
people around the world still identify themselves, even if only for special occa-
sions or festivals, with a style of dress that is unique to their own way of living
and relective of their history. Recording information on national dress is perhaps
growing even more important in order to preserve the history of the clothing that
people identify as culturally speciic and that they use to identify themselves in
some distinct way.
Those who study material culture understand that clothing, as an artifact, is the
most intimate of objects and relects details about the people who wore it. Individ-
ual garments tell a story about the wearer. Sometimes it is possible to know what
the person’s occupation was, certainly it is possible to know his or her physical
dimensions such as height and weight, and it is usually possible to tell how wealthy
the person was, based on the type of materials and techniques used to produce the
garment. It is also possible, in some cases, to know the religious afiliation, ethnic
background, and age of the person.
General Scope and Purpose
The Encyclopedia of National Dress explores the following types of clothing in
more than 130 nations and autonomous regions: national dress, folk costume, and
ethnic dress, all terms that could be used to describe the clothing or combina-
tions of clothing (outits) that have traditionally been worn by a distinct number
of people within a certain country or culture. Dress can be used to distinguish a
people just as much as it is used for the people to identify themselves as not being
from another group, perhaps a rival tribe or people from a different country or cul-
ture close by. National boundaries do sometimes move, leaving people of similar
cultures and dress traditions living in separate nations. Sometimes, similar types of
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