THE CROATIAN DINARIC AREA FOLK COSTUMES COLLECTION

The collection consists of men's and women's traditional costumes from Gorski kotar, Lika, Ravni kotari, Bukovica, and Dalmatinska zagora /Dalmatian Hinterland/, from mid 19th century until today. Folk costumes from these areas were collected per individual pieces or the so called ensembles made of: Footwear, underwear, top clothes (for work or solemn ocassions), and headgear. Particularly interesting is a group of women's wool aprons and bags, and the so called "structure" - individual adornments made of home-made cloth and embroidered, used as appliqués for different parts of men's and women's costumes.

The collection also includes traditional costumes from Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Serbia, while folk costumes from Bosnia and Herzegovina constitute a unit apart.