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Folk costumes

Parts From a Water Boiler

Siberian sewn gown

The Latvian Flag, Hidden in a Maiden’s Headdress

A Costume For Visiting The President

A Folk Costume for a Long Jumper

Handmade by a Kaucminde Student

A Sister’s Folk Costume

A Skirt Made From a Dyed Blanket

A Girl’s Folk Vest Made From a Nazi Flag

A Shirt Embroidered by Mum

Never Worn, Yet It’s Travelled the World

From Rucava to Meerbeck and “Priedaine”

A Shirt Made From Parachute Fabric

A Folk Costume That Met Eleanor Roosevelt

A Skirt Made From Curtains Bartered in Exchange for Food

A Nīca Skirt Made From a Dyed Blanket

A Conductor’s Folk Costume

Patterns and Designs From the the United States Library of Congress

A Folk Costume for “Sprigulītis” in Australia

Prauliena Skirt With Embroidered Pattern

Identical Folk Costumes for Four Brothers

A Folk Costume In Spite of the Pain

Fabric From Home, Across the Sea

Bashkirian version of a Latvian folk costume

A Folk Costume Pieced Together From Several Countries

Folk Costume With an Argentine Gaucho Belt

From Alsunga to Australia and Back

A Folk Costume for the Brazilian Climate

A Folk Costume for Folk Dancing in Ijuí

Graduation Attire

A Bride’s Attire

Lost Folk Costumes Found Through Facebook

A Folk Costume Inherited From an Aunt

Award-winning Archaeological Reconstruction of a Costume

Splendour From Plant Dyes

An Exemplary Wedding Costume

A Folk Costume Made by a Master Tailor

Homemade Jewellery From Copper

Parts From a Water Boiler old

Collaborative Work by Master Artisans

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