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Pinafore –skirt (cotton-cloth). Late 19th – early 20th century Slovak. Rectangle of dark blue cloth gathered to a waist band and provided with waist ribbons. Bands of embroidery at hem; white with green, red and yellow. Hem fringed with white lace. Presumably worn over another skirt.
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