Bosnia and Herzegovina · Metal craft; Leather craft; Bosnian heritage
Sarajevski Baščaršija Zanati — Bosanska Osmanlijska Tradicija
The Sarajevo Baščaršija craft tradition — the cluster of Ottoman-era artisan crafts maintained in the historic Baščaršija (old bazaar) quarter of Sarajevo whose specific street-by-street organization of craft guilds (kazandžije — coppersmiths; ćurčije — furriers; abadžije — cloth makers; kovači — blacksmiths) represents the most complete surviving Ottoman craft bazaar organization in the CRAFT archive. The Bosnian kazandžija (coppersmith) reads the copper sheet temper through the same flex-and-return assessment as the Balkan copper family (CRAFT-1642) but the Baščaršija tradition is notable for its džezva coffee pot — the most refined copper object in the Balkan copper archive.
Risk level: Vulnerable · Not listed; Baščaršija craft tradition on the Bosnian national heritage inventory
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