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A hand-woven sash (poyas) from dance costume for children, predominantly red with colourful stripes along edges. Fringes on both ends.

A typical Bukovynian hand-woven sash (poyas or kraika), wool warp on wool weft. Patterned divided into two sections: one based on alternating thin vertical stripes in pink, blue and yellow, and another with a tapestry is woven floral design. The…

A half of the typical Bukovynian hand-woven sash (poyas or kraika), wool warp on wool weft. Pattern based on a repetition of small diamonds. Fringes on one end.

A hand-woven sash (poyas or kraika), wool warp on wool weft. Pattern based on a repetition of the horizontal strips. Fringes on both ends are worn. Kolomyia region (Ukraine).

Thin hand-woven sash (poyas or kraika), wool warp on wool weft. Fringes on both ends are worn. Kolomyia region (Ukraine).

Wide hand-woven sash (poyas), predominantly red with a diamond pattern at one end and large "x" motifs at the other. Pattern change in the middle of the length of the sash is marked by a section of straight lines. Fringes on both ends. Bukovyna, late…

Wide hand-woven sash (poyas), predominantly red with a diamond pattern at one end and hexagonal motifs at the other. Pattern changes abruptly in the middle of the length of the sash. Fringes on both ends are worn. Bukovyna, late nineteenth century.…

Thin hand-woven hutsul sash (poyas or kraika), predominantly orange with a finely woven pattern of x's and diamonds. Colours: orange, green, burgundy, yellow, beige.

Hand-woven red wool "poyas". A striped pattern is woven on the width. 29 stripes from one end. Five stripes from the other with a sold red section between the two decorated ends. Red fringes on both ends. Damaged fringes have been replaced with…

A thin tapestry hand-woven sash (poyas or kraika) with floral pattern, divided into three sections. The designs at each end are identically floral while the centre is plain red. This item is part of a complete set of traditional Ukrainian women's…