The Daalder Collection of Ethnic Jewellery and Adornment, after 2007
Balkan Belt (Jakicar) from Montenegro / Albania

Balkan Belt (Jakicar) from Montenegro / Albania

The disc shown “on top” actually hangs down from the bottom of the belt, and clearly something (a female utentsil, or a sword) would have often been attached to it. There is no doubt that these belts, often referred to as jakicar, were made in particular in Albania, probably also elsewhere in the Balkans. An… Continue Reading