Men's hat

Jamno, officially a district of Koszalin since 2010, was a village belonging to the city from the 13th century, but due to its location amidst marshland, it was geographically and culturally isolated until the end of the 19th century. The local population was involved in agriculture and fishing. In the first half of the 19th century, after the enfranchisement as a communal village, which could easily sell agricultural goods in the town, and owing to tax breaks, Jamno became the richest and most populous village in the vicinity of Koszalin. Economic development resulted in a prosperous living standards for the inhabitants: a construction boom, a wealth of furnishings, and flourishing of ornamentation. Both men's and women's clothing in their most opulent form developed around the middle of the 19th century, being a reflection of material status, to disappear in the early years of the 20th century, just as in other regions. Both were characterised by a significant proportion of homespun woollen fabrics, i.e. made at the farm on handlooms. They were woven in red, green, navy blue, white, and yellow stripes. An interesting element of men's clothing was a cap, in the style of a biretta, very rarely found in folk costumes. The Jamno garment was a combination of native and immigrant patterns - brought by colonists from the Netherlands and Germany. Probably modelled on the headgear of Lutheran clergymen, birettas were made of striped woollen fabric, just like the museum exhibit. Iwona Karwowska