Albania Doll Lunxhëri Bride

This is an Albanian doll dressed in the festive costume of Lunxhëri. This outfit is also worn as traditional wedding dress. Lunxhëri is a municipality in the Gjirokastër county in South Albania.

Folklore is in the air… uhm… ear!

Details

Object Doll wearing wedding dress
Origin Albania, Lunxhëri
Culture Unknown
Medium Fabric, painted paper maché (?), sequins, beads, wood
Mark or Tag None
Made by Unknown
Size H 23 cm
Dated Not dated
Acquired Birthday gift 2009 or 2010

Postcard

No postcard available. There should be a nice postcard here that matches this doll, to show you how the people living in Albania are dressed in their traditional costume.

There is nothing suitable in our postcard books at the moment, too bad!

Happy collecting,