Photograph. A wedding in Uloža 1944Uloža, paper, photoprinting, width 6cm, height 8,6cm Photograph. A wedding in Uloža 1944Uloža, paper, photoprinting, width 6cm, height 9cm Photograph. A wedding in Uloža 1944Uloža, paper, photoprinting, width 8,7cm, height 6,2cm Black and white photographs from a picture series depicting a wedding in Uloža in 1944. In the middle there […]
Vešeľe v Uložu (A wedding in Uloža) A wedding in Uloža, similarly as in other Spiš villages, used to be a large and complicated system of rituals and habits. The wedding itself had been preceded by rukovini (the present engagement), marriage banns, and the so-called best man’s dance which gave the village youth an opportunity […]
In the early half of the 20th century a hat still used to be an inseparable part of everyday as well as festive traditional male clothing. Men used to wear it in summer and winter, at work and on holiday. The most archaic known type of a male hat in Central Spiš is the so-called […]
An unknown stove maker. A circular tile stove 19th centuryGlazed pottery, central part diametre 70 cm, mantelpiece 90 cm, height 190 cmRestored by Martin Rosenberger in the years 2015 – 2017, restoration documentation is in the museum archive under No. 2015/02-R A circular tile stove This circular tile stove stood in the building of the […]
At the foot of the Spiš Castle The Spiš Castle hill is a remarkable natural sight and one of the dominant landmarks of the eastern part of the Hornád Valley. It was the mineral springs in the primal ancient times which had given rise to the origin of the castle hill. They started springing out […]
Clay pot the Middle AgesUnglazed pottery, height 38cm, central section diametre 22,9 cm, bottom diametre 6 cmconserved by Martin Rosenberger in the year 2017, conservation documentation in museum archive under No. 2017/004-R Pot-like vessel the Púchov culture, the 2nd century BC – the 2nd century ADunglazed pottery , height 40 cm, neck diametre 27 cm, […]
An earthen amphora from the Dark Cave Late Stone Age, Eneolit, Baden culture, turn of the 4th and the 3rd millennia BC.Venue of the find: Žehra – Dark Cave (Spiš Castle Hill)Material, technique: earth, modelling, fluting, polishingRestored probably in the 1970’s, no more detailed information is available; repeated restoration in 2017 – surface modification (Mgr. […]
Felt form (model) for a hatFelt semi-product for the production of a hat Probably the early half of the 20th centurySpiš Felt, felting, height 22 cm, perimetre 101 cm Felt brown semi-product for the production of a hat. The semi-product is of a bell-like shape, the top is round, widening downwards. By means of forms […]