Macedonian dolls

 

This 21cm male doll, made of cloth over wire armature, is wearing a folk costume from Skopska Crna Gora which is near Skopje,capital of North Macedonia. Skopska Crna Gora is a mountain range and ethnographic region which takes in Kosovo and Serbia as well as North Macedonia. In light of that this costume could also be classified as Serbian .

Notable for me is the light coloured long vest known as a dzhube. It is worn over the shorter red vest with a decorative rope made of metallic thread. The Macedonian dolls in the range can also be found wearing a blue dzhube, and I have included a photo of the two variations below.

I have also included some plates from The National Dresses of Macedonia which is a large folio of folk costume prints published by the Ethnological Museum of Skopje in 1963. Alongside drawings of the costumes, it contains patterns and detailed descriptions of the clothing.

Two 21cm male dolls from Macedonia wearing dzhube or long outer vests which are felted and flare out slightly.

The National Dresses of Macedonia Skopje 1963

Skopska Crna Gora