ANSÓ – Shoes

NAME: Shoes

DESCRIPTION: Pair of women’s flat shoes in black leather, with tongue, laces and rounded toe cap. The buckle features a series of eyelets with black crisscrossed cotton laces that tie the shoes. The sole is leather, attached to a rubber heel. It’s the most modern element of the Ansó women’s dress. Until the beginning of the 20th century, the predominant footwear were leather abarcas (leather sandals). By the mid 19th century, sandals were replaced by espadrilles thanks to the development of this industry in Mauleon, in the south of France, where many women from Ansó went to work. At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, those who could afford it bought a pair of custom-made shoes for their wedding day, which they continued to wear throughout their lives for any festive occasion that merited it.

DIMENSIONS: Length: 27cm. Width: 9cm

MATERIAL: rubber, leather, cotton

TECHNIQUE: shoemaking, tanning, stitching

DATATION: First third of the 20th Century

PLACE OF PROVENANCE: Ansó, Jacetania Region (Huesca – Spain).

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ANSÓ – Silk Ribbon (“a trenzadera”)

ANSÓ – Silk Ribbon (“a trenzadera”)

NAME: Silk Ribbon ("a trenzadera") DESCRIPTION: this ribbon is called "trenzadera", and it is used to wrap the churros with the woman's natural hair, giving rise to the classic "churros hairstyle" of the Ansó Region. The color of the braid also had its meaning. Young...

ANSÓ – Churros

ANSÓ – Churros

NAME: Churros (‘os churros’) DESCRIPTION:Pair of black female churros (hairpiece) used for the classic "churros hairstyle" of the women of Ansó. The "churros hairstyle" owes its name to this element, it is a hairpiece that is attached to the hair by winding it with...

ANSÓ – Petticoat (as inaguas)

ANSÓ – Petticoat (as inaguas)

NAME: Petticoat (as inaguas) DESCRIPTION: This petticoat is a garment to be worn under the skirt. Made in cotton with striped print in different shades of blue, red and dark grey. The skirt is attached to the waist by a small gathering. It has two black cotton braids...

ANSÓ – Scapular

ANSÓ – Scapular

NAME: scapular DESCRIPTION: the scapular is part of the adornments worn by women, it is a protective element. It is also worn by girls when they wear the saigüelo colorau (red smock) and in the past it was even hung on cradles to protect children. It consists of two...

ANSÓ – Earrings

ANSÓ – Earrings

NAME: Earrings DESCRIPTION: Pair of female girandole earrings in gilded metal. They are composed of five bodies and are articulated as follows: button at the top (where the attachment hook to the earlobe begins), a bow as the central part from which three almonds or...

ANSÓ – Sofocante

ANSÓ – Sofocante

NAME: Sofocante (Choker) DESCRIPTION:The sofocante is one of the most eye-catching and elegant jewels of the women's clothing from Ansó. It is a silver or copper jewel, generally over-gilded, that hangs from the neck with a red silk or velvet ribbon as a choker. The...

ANSÓ – Reliquary

ANSÓ – Reliquary

NAME: Reliquary DESCRIPTION: This type of medallion is called "relicarios" (reliquary), although they do not contain any kind of relic inside. It is placed in the center of the cockade as a breast rose along with the other "platas".This reliquary, in particular, is...

ANSÓ – Crucifix

ANSÓ – Crucifix

NAME: crucifix DESCRIPTION:A large crucifix (13.5 cm high) made of silver openwork filigree. This piece is placed in the center of the cockade and is part of the set of jewels and adornments called "as platas".The arms of the cross are topped with gilled balls formed...

ANSÓ – Figures of the Virgin of the Pilar

ANSÓ – Figures of the Virgin of the Pilar

NAME: Figures of the Virgin of the Pilar DESCRIPTION: These are two small sculptures of the Virgin of the Pilar as a pendant but larger than a normal pendant (12 cm high and 4 cm wide) to be placed on both sides of the "escarapela" (cockade). Both are twins and of...

ANSÓ – Chain

ANSÓ – Chain

NAME: chain DESCRIPTION: feminine chain of 2 meters long in golden metal. It has open links in the shape of a folded eight in the center. These links, when joined together, give the chain a triangular shape. The jewels ("as platas") of the rosette, for security and to...

ANSÓ – Escarapela

ANSÓ – Escarapela

NAME: Escarapela (Cockade) with "as platas": Virgin of The Pilar (x2), reliquary and crucifix (joined by a chain) DESCRIPTION:the "escarapela" is the ornamental element of circular or rosette shape that is placed on the chest, it is composed of numerous silk ribbons...

ANSÓ – Sleeves

ANSÓ – Sleeves

NAME: “As mangas” (oversleeves) y la cinta (ribbon). DESCRIPTION: We are faced with two independent pieces, on the one hand "As mangas" (oversleeve) and, on the other, the silk ribbon. The ones we see here are elegant pieces designed for the festive dress. As the...

ANSÓ – Shirt

ANSÓ – Shirt

NAME: Shirt DESCRIPTION: The shirt, like many other shirts of the traditional costumes, is made in linen, specifically, homespun linen taffeta, ecru (white), and is much longer than a current shirt, reaching almost to the knees. It is one of the most outstanding...

ANSÓ – Basquiña

ANSÓ – Basquiña

NAME: Basquiña DESCRIPTION: basquiña smock in black and green wool cloth, with a small tight-fitting body, cut at the bottom of the chest and edged in yellow and red. The word basquiña designates a skirt in historical clothing; however, the Pyrenean villages of Hecho...