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PREFACE Angelos Delivorrias FOREWORD IOTAoanna Papantoniou PUBLISHERS' NOTE Rachel and Moses Kapon ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION PART I THE CHEST Historical introduction THE CHEST IN FOLK TRADITION Superstitions, beliefs, traditions, folk tales, songs PRODUCTION AND USES OF THE CHEST Kinds of chests, their production and uses MATERIALS / CONSTRUCTION / ADDED FEET ON TYPE B CHESTS / LIDS / HANDLES / THE LOCK AND KEY / THE INSIDE COMPARTMENT / PRODUCTION OF CHESTS / USES OF CHESTS CHESTS WITH SPECIAL USES DECORATION Kinds and manners of decoration, decorative motifs PAINTED CHESTS / WOOD - CARVED CHESTS / CHESTS DECORATED WITH ADDED MATERIALS / DECORATIVE MOTIFS DATING PART II THE ITINERARY The Itinerary of research AEGEAN ISLANDS NORTHEAST AEGEAN Mytilene / Chios / Samos / Ikaria DODECANESE CYCLADES SPORADES Skyros / Skopelos CRETE IONIAN ISLANDS PELOPONNESE NORTHEAST GREECE Western Thrace and Macedonia WESTERN THRACE EASTERN MACEDONIA CENTRAL AND WESTERN MACEDONIA NORTHWEST MACEDONIA EPIRUS THE KONITSOCHORIA POGONI ZAGOROCHORIA METSOVO, TZOUMERKA WESTERN EPIRUS - SOULI Fieldwork acknowledgements Notes Identity of the objects illustrated and additional information

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VIRGINIA MATSELI Ethnologist ARIS TSARAVOPOULOS Archaeologist PREFACE: Angelos Delivorrias Director of the Benaki Museum FOREWORD: IOTAoanna Papantoniou Set Designer - Costumier, President of the Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation