St. Volodymyr Museum — immigrant rushnyk
Hemp rushnyk from Kuzivka brought by early immigrants, catalogued in 'A Museum Called Manitoba' with its cradle-to-grave story.
What the sources say
The St. Volodymyr Museum of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg holds a hand-woven hemp rushnyk from the village of Kuzivka in the Ternopil'ska Oblast of Western Ukraine. The towel features region-specific embroidery and colors. Early Eastern European immigrants brought this artifact to Manitoba between the late 1800s and early 1900s.
The immigrants arrived in Western Canada with few possessions. The rushnyk provided a physical connection to their homeland while they experienced a harsh climate, isolation, and racism. A person received a rushnyk at birth and used it throughout life for baptism, marriage, covering religious icons, and lining their coffin.
- Type
- Museum collection
- Where
- Canada — Winnipeg
- Year
- Ongoing collection
- Organizer
- Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg
- How far we checked
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