We visited a museum of Hutsul folk art in Kolomyia and were able to take photos of the exhibits.
These are from exhibits that show a model of another church, the wooden furniture crafted for the home, as well as their woven articles.
Their pottery usually used these green, yellow and brown tones and featured natural motifs. This shows some of their bowls and a tiled stove/oven
They wove woolen and linen items in patterns that remind us of Western Indians.
They also did beadwork in patterns that look very Indian to us!
Their folk dress is very interesting and colorful with ornamentation. As shepherds, wool and sheepskin was used. There is much embroidery. These exhibits were inside glass cases and often the light from opposite windows created glares that I tried to crop out of the photo. Notice the small long-handled hatchet at the man's side in the first photo--it is a "bartok"
This gives you a close-up of the vest and jacket that is embroidered on the outside of the sheepskin suede with the wool left on the inside for warmth.
Here you see the leather turned-up-toe style moccasin they made worn with woolen knitted stockings and leggings if necessary. "Pysanky" or decorated eggs will be a separate blog!
Ornate dress for special occasions like weddings!
