This oil folk painting on fabric by Jarmolenko Panas displays a young woman wearing a traditional “Vinok” flower crown. These crowns were worn by women of marital age to signify purity.
This necklace was crafted with a cotton thread and painted beads. It was believed that objects such as this had a positive effect on a woman's health and beauty.
This Ukrainian wedding flower crown is made of paper, cotton fabric, paraffin, and wire. It was created in 1956 in Osichki of the Podilsk Raion of the Odesa Oblast.
An image from Ivan Honchar's Historical Ethnographic Art Album, 'Ukraine and Ukrainians,' volume 'Poltava region.' Ivan Honchar Museum, https://honchar.org.ua/en/collections/detail/3070.