Back apron, W

Long, woollen, woven from one panel. A densely woven section of 35 centimeters in length of red wool, called krmez or krmezilo, between the black bottom part (6 cm wide) and the upper part (72 cm wide). On both sides of the krmezilo, three prominent patterns, called izmeti, made from white, black, yellow, blue, white, brown, maroon and green wool. The longer sides decorated with maroon and ink blue stripes, called uzvod. Worn until 1912 by Smiljana Popović from the village of Plužac. The apron is the same length as the tunic and was worn over it at the back. The back apron was worn only by married women. It was worn until 1912. Home handwork; woven using two heddles. Warp and weft of finely spun red wool. The weft at the bottom of factory made red wool. Patterns flat woven from multicolored wool. 112 х 60 cm.