Keptar has considerable local variability in terms of length and design techniques.
Materials
Often, a keptar is made from a single sheepskin, which is folded in half and a cutout for the neck is made at the fold, and slits for the arms remain on the sides. From the neck, half of the skin is opened along the middle, forming two front skirts. Sometimes keptars are sewn from two skins. Then they have undercut barrels. Seams are always decorated.
For decoration use:
- colored sapyan, which is sewn mainly in the form of teeth along the edges and seams;
- a strip used to frame the keptar;
- wool;
- woven cotton lace;
- "capsules" are tin rings that are stuffed on top of sapwood teeth;
- multi-colored woolen buttons used to decorate the ends of sapian prongs;
- symmetrical figurines made of colored sapyan, resembling the shape of crayfish, are placed in the corners of the keptar;
- figured ornaments of sapian, hemmed with a voliche, with "drops" and "tassels", twisted upwards.
- intertwined strips of black leather;
- ornaments made of multi-colored wool in an arrow-shaped shape, reminiscent of braid weaving;
- sapian circles with semicircular teeth, decorated with "capsules";
- stylized flowers formed by sapian circles with teeth and "capsules" in combination with embroidered branches.
- tassels with which the keptar is tied, and then thrown over the shoulders and they hang on the back.
Cut
The oldest version of a fur vest was a bunda. It was deaf, short, to the waist, worn over the head and tied with a strap on the right side. Keptari, on the other hand, have a more complex cut and different length options.
According to the cut, keptars are either straight or extended to the bottom. Can have undercut barrels. They are usually symmetrical, with a cut in the middle of the chest.
Keptars can have a standing or folding collar, or they can be without it. Also, they can have pockets - overhead or cut - of different shapes: semicircular, rectangular, trapezoidal.
The oldest version of a fur vest was a bunda. It was deaf, short, to the waist, worn over the head and tied with a strap on the right side. Keptari, on the other hand, have a more complex cut and different length options.
According to the cut, keptars are either straight or extended to the bottom. Can have undercut barrels. They are usually symmetrical, with a cut in the middle of the chest.
Keptars can have a standing or folding collar, or they can be without it. Also, they can have pockets - overhead or cut - of different shapes: semicircular, rectangular, trapezoidal.
