Hairpins
XVI-XVII centuries.
City of Lugošvar, Romania.
Metal
Brief description
Have an openwork top of a spherical shape. It is decorated with five flower shaped branches. Each branch consists of two small balls. Also, the top of the diameter is wrapped in a chain (weaving "anchor"), which divides it into two halves. The upper half of each stud is decorated with an ornament of 16 flowers.
Similar pins were used to fix the hair in the hairstyles of married women from aristocratic families. Found by Tivodar Legotsky, a prominent archeologist and ethnographer, were in his collection. Together with other items from the researcher's collection, they were donated to the T. Legotsky Transcarpathian Regional Local History Museum, where they are kept to this day.




