Belt Item Number: 3052/28 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Leather studded belt (part of a man's costume with 3052/25-32). The belt is wide, made of stiffened brown leather covered in silver plastic studs in several shapes: triangular, circular, flower and ovoid that make up a set of repeating patterns. A large rectangular buckle is attached to the belt. It has a silver plate at centre engraved with short lines that make up a pattern of concentric designs. Interspersed are circles of red and green and small dots of orange and blue. The underside of the belt is undecorated white leather, with a brown flap at end opposite the buckle that contains two rows of holes.

Narrative

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