Belt Item Number: 3052/21 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Belt (part of a girl’s costume with 3052/18-24) made of a very stiff fibre. The belt is woven from orange, green, black, blue and white strands. The black, green and blue make up a striped background, with white dots along the edges. The orange covers the background in outlines of diamonds and circles. The fibres are left free at the ends to make a thick fringe.

Narrative

Early 20th century Hutsul style girl's costume of the village of Kosmach, in the Kosiv district, in the Ivano Frankivsk region, Ukraine.