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Vest, Hel'pa, Slovakia
Vest
Vest, Hel'pa, Slovakia
Vest, Hel'pa, Slovakia
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Vest

Object number2003.086.0055
Mediumleather, fur
DimensionsOverall: 20 in. (50.8 cm)
DescriptionPart of a Hel'pa kroj, a vest made of brown leather and covered with vertical stripes in gold and light green. Bands of tiny cut circles in the same colors lie around the bottom of the vest. There is a fairly plain pocket on each side of the vest front. The vest back is dominated by a large design created from cut circles and ovals of red, turquoise, and gold. The vest is lined with coarse fur.
On View
Not on view
Woman's kroj, Hel'pa, Slovakia, 1920-1970
1920-1970
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