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100 years - 100 de artefacts

15.02.2022
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Șuba (long and wide coat, lined with fur and worn by men) is a clothing item whose practical and symbolic functions are equally important. For the cold period, it provides thermal comfort and protection against rain, snow or wind. On the other hand, “șuba” is a piece of clothing that communicates information about the social status of its wearer, while also providing an imposing look.   In Hațeg
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100 years - 100 artefacts

04.02.2022
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One of the first objects to enter the museum’s collection is the distaff with inventory no. 18. Being an often used piece, at home, during a bee, on the field, even on the street, while walking, the distaff became an object with an important social role, being the first serious gift made for the young woman by the young man she was engaging with. This is also the main reason for the higher
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100 years, 100 artefacts

28.01.2022
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The glass negative was made by Romulus Vuia in 1912, in Ruși, Bretea Română, Hunedoara county, the ethnographic area of Hațeg Country. In the foreground, there is a man dressed up in a long, white shirt, white wide underpants and a dark, straight coat with a lapel and side pockets. In the background, there is a white masonry church, with a rectangular plan, shingled roof, in two waters, with a
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100 years – 100 artifacts

28.01.2022
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The hood is one of the most archaic pieces of the folk costume from Hațeg country. Worn both by men and women, the piece covers the wearer’s head and back, but it’s also used on the shoulders, as a backpack.   The material of the piece is made of warp and wool beat, woven in four threads, later slightly twisted, thus acquiring a less dense cloth appearance. It’s made by the long bending of a
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100 years – 100 artifacts

21.01.2022
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The Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography celebrates a century.   Initially founded as the Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania, the first ethnographic museum in Romania was a project initiated by the Governing Council of Transylvania and completed by the “Prince Carol” Cultural Foundation. In the spring of 1922, Emil Panaitescu, Sextil Pușcariu, George Vâlsan and Alexandru Lapedatu were appointed
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The artefact of November: men’s vest

10.11.2021
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The artefact of November, as proposed by the Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography, is a men’s vest form Șicula, Arad county, locally called “zobon”. The vest is a sleeveless clothing item, made of velvet or felt, split in front, being worn by both women and men, over the shirt. The men’s vest, with inventory no. C.5465, has recently entered the museum patrimony, initially being part of a private
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The artefact of October: Trap for martens

28.10.2021
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The artefact of October, proposed by the Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography, is a trap (“bărbânță”) used to catch martens. The trap is made of a piece of rotten fir trunk with a hole made in its inner wall, at a distance of about 10 cm from the mouth of the piece. A small, sharp stake at the top is placed inside the hole, into which the bait is inserted. At the end of the stake, near the trap’s
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The artefact of September: monoxyle stool

28.09.2021
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The child stool in the permanent exhibition of the Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography was purchased from the village of Ieud, Maramureș, in 1955. The beauty of this piece is that its upper part is monoxyle, i.e. made of a single solid piece of wood, with an ellipsoidal shape, its legs being attached by the classical method, in four portholes. The furniture piece has a large porthole with a 20-cm
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The artefact of August: the monoxyle wooden tray

18.08.2021
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Life at the sheepfold also generated some specific objects which were used in the sheepfold by the shepherds. Not only the shepherd’s spoon, but also the polenta tray was present among the objects of use, as part of the daily inventory. It was used by shepherds when eating together polenta with cheese or green cheese. The tray in the image is a monoxyle piece, made of a single part of hardwood,
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Past and present craftsmen and crafts

09.07.2021
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The Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography, public cultural institution functioning under the authority of the Cluj County Council, in partnership with Cluj Folk Craftsmen’s Association, invite you to the new folk craftsmen’s event entitled “Past and present craftsmen and crafts”, which will take place during July 16-18 2021, in the “Romulus Vuia” Ethnographic Park (Tăietura Turcului street). The
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