Українські прикраси / Ukrainian jewelry

Dukach is not just a simple decoration like a brooch or a locket.There are many reasons to assume that the owners, to some extent, attributed certain magic and protective features to their dukaches. Particularly, the vast majority of researchers of Ukrainian traditional antiquities (I.Spaskyj, F.Vovk, M.Sumtsov), including contemporary ones (V.Fisun, Y.Kovalenko, O.Samkov) agreed that under the influence of ideological changes and aesthetic tastes, coils were transformed into dukaches. The following statements can be a proof of this theory: · In scientific materials of 1914 dukaches with the image of coils were mentioned; · Dukaches, that had medallions with religious images on them, were very popular;  · Dukaches, in which the main Christian symbol - the cross - was fastened to the bow instead of a medallion, were widespread. A lot of dukaches, which have images of Christian Biblical themes depicted on them, have survived up to this day. It is believ...