title: On One Type of Decoration of the Mari Costume in the 16th – 18th Centuries
abstract: The authors use materials of 12 funerary complexes from Kartukovo, Vyzhum and Vazhnanger burial grounds to study one element of the Mari costume in the 16 th -18 th centuries: collars or neckline trimmings (1.5-2.5 cm wide ribbons decorated with fl ounce of golden threads). Thermal and visual methods applied to the samples established that the item was crocheted of silk threads. All studied burials are dated by 16 th -18 th centuries and are the earliest complexes containing crocheted items. Art
journal: Povolzhskaya Arkheologiya (The Volga River Region Archaeology)