Chest decoration "Zgarda 017"

Zghardas are among the oldest chest ornaments of the Hutsul people. Tectonically, it is a complex compositional system that combines one or several rhythmically plastic rows of various solar signs, strung on "retizkas," straps, etc., placed at a distance from each other by "perelyzhoks" and connected by "cheprags." The compositional center often features a larger equilateral cross that unites all the others, sometimes progressively smaller crosses.