This week’s PhotoHunt theme is STRINGS.
When is it just strings and when is it thread? When does the thread become a work of art?

Loom on exhibit in the Ethnographic Museum in Cetinje, Montenegro
Cetinje is the historical and cultural capital of Montenegro. It lost its title as the seat of government to Podgorica, but it didn’t lose its place in the hearts and minds of Montenegrins.
When Cetinje was at the height of its cultural influence in Europe there were dozens of impressive embassies in operation. Now each of those embassies has become one of Montenegro’s many museums. The Ethnographic Museum, housing exhibits about the everyday lives of the people of Crna Gora for the last 300 years is in the former Serbian Embassy. It rotates themed exhibits on subject such as food, housing, arms, musical instruments, money, etc.
When we visited the exhibit was on textiles and specifically clothing. The display is striking and the needlework breathtaking. I looked at the intricated detail and imagined the women sitting in their homes on the high country. Snowed in and spending their forced hours of idleness on the beautiful costumes they and their families would wear to the spring festivals once the weather broke.
In the series of photos that follow, the picture on the left is an article of clothing. the picture on the right is a closeup detail of the needlework.