Traditional Seto Clothing Collection

Seto girl in traditional costume; a digitally slightly retouched detail of the original photograph focusing on the female figure and her garments. The original photo: Setu neiu rahvariietes (ERM TM Fk 899); Eesti Rahva Muuseum; see links to original and description on the picture's data page.

The virtual collection of the Finno-ugric Dataspace about the culture of Setomaa and the Seto people. The mission of the collection is to connect relevant historical photographs in various private and public collections.

The collection is currently curated by Ieva Pigozne (garments), Daniel Antal (digital curation). We are inviting new curators knowledgeable about Setomaa or the Seto culture. In the database, the collection page is Seto Garment Collection (database). The collection is curated by Ieva Pigozne and Daniel Antal; we are inviting new curators familiar with Setomaa or the culture of the Seto people.

Original collection

Original collection item

Our original collection items are color-corrected, large resolution photographs that are released with a DOI and and ISCC ISO-standard unique identifier.

• handwoven and handsewn mattress in Värska Farm Museum (15003021); This is a handwoven and handsewn mattress cover that consists of two different linen fabrics, filled with hay. The earliest mattresses were made of a cover that was filled with hay or straw. Värska Farm Museum, Setomaa, Estonia.
• We collect items (digital photograps) from small and private collections that are not widely known for textile researchers, and now digital representation of the artefact is known.
• We link to existing digital collection and catalogues.

Examples from various collections

• Estonian National Museum: Woman in Seto traditional costume (ERM TM Fk 899)
• Ethnology Museum (Hungary): male coat (NM 97015)
• Mõniste Rural Life Museum: leather shoes with fur (Mõniste Rural Life Museum)
• Obinitsa Museum: Seto female shirt (Obinitsa Museum)
• Saatse Museum: kitasnik (STM SSM 782 E)

Derivative works

Derivative works are re-used, and often edited digital copies of historical sources that reveal garments that are almost certainly not available for the contemporary researcher in their original, physical, material form.

• Seto men in the village of Võmmorski in Setomaa municipality (ERM Fk 213:146); derivative work: Trousers of a Seto man in the village of Võmmorski in Setomaa municipality (detail)
• Seto girl in traditional costume (ERM TM Fk 899); derivative work: Seto girl in traditional costume (photographic detail)
• Woman in Seto traditional costume (ERM TM Fk 899); derivative work: Woman in Seto traditional costume (ERM TM Fk 899, retouched)