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Select Bibliography
- Eurydice Antzoulatou-Retsila, Wedding crowns in Modern Greece, Athens 1980 (in Greek; summary in English and French).
- A. Delivorrias, Greek Traditional Jewelry, Athens 1980
- A. Delivorrias, Guide to the Benaki Museum, Athens 1980
- A. Delivorrias, Traditional Art of the Aegean Islands, in The Aegean - The Epicenter of Greek Civilization, Athens 1992
- Gold of Greece. Jewelry and Ornaments from the Benaki Museum. Dallas (U.S.A.) 1990 (exhibition catalogue)
- Angeliki Hatzimichali, Hellenic National Costumes, Benaki Museum, I-II, Athens 1948,1954
- Κοσμήματα της ελληνικής παραδοσιακής φορεσιάς. 18ος-19ος αι. Συλλογή Εθνικού Ιστορικού Μουσείου, Ιστορική και Εθνολογική Εταιρεία της Ελλάδος (National Historical Museum Collection, Historical and Ethnological Society of Greece), Athens 1995
- Οι πύλες του Μυστηρίου. Θησαυροί της Ορθοδοξίας απο την Ελλάδα. M. Borboudakis (ed.), Athens 1994 (exhibition catalogue)
- Popi Zora, Embroideries and Jewellery of Greek National Costumes; Athens 1981 - Popi Zora, Ελληνική τέχνη, Λαϊκή τέχνη. Athens 1994
Fig 38 'The Dance of Trata', a traditional feast held in Megara on the third day after Easter. Girls in traditional dress: photographed by Nelly's between 1933 to 1939. The photographer was recently awarded the medal of the Commander of the Order of Phoenix. Athens, Benaki Museum, Photographic Archive, Nelly's Archive.

Fig 39 Bracelet from Attica. Athens, Benaki Museum, inv. no Ea 268. Fig 40 'Dichty' (net), pectoral ornament of the bridal costume of Salamis. Athens, Benaki Museum, inv. no EE 4619.

Fig 41 Women in costumes from Megara. Photographs from a feast recorded by Nelly's between 1933 to 1939. Nelly's is the artistic nom de plume of Elli Seraidari, from Aidini in Asia Minor. Athens, Benaki Museum, Photographic Archive, Nelly's Archive.


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