Sukmana

{{Short description|Traditional coat worn by peasants in Poland}}

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{{Infobox clothing type

| name = Sukmana

| image_file = 01936 3 1 0 12 460 130532 Polish uplanders near Sanok, NAC.jpg

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| caption = A person (right) wearing a sukmana, 1936. Image from the National Digital Archives

| type = Coat

| material = Russet

| location = Central and Eastern Europe

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A sukmana is a type of traditional coat once worn by peasants in Poland,{{cite book|author=Patrice M. Dabrowski|title=Commemorations and the Shaping of Modern Poland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ICQkdR7TZxcC&pg=PA36|date=21 September 2004|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-11028-2|page=36}} and some other Central European countries,{{cite web|url=http://encyklopedia.wp.pl/encid,1740820,name,sukmana,haslo.html?ticaid=111a65 |title=sukmana - Encyklopedia PWN - WP.PL |publisher=Encyklopedia.wp.pl |date= |accessdate=2013-11-12}} as well as Hungary (where it was known as {{lang|hu|szokmány}}). It was particularly common from the 18th to early 20th centuries. It was made from a simple, hand woven wool fabric comparable to russet cloth, and usually retained its natural white or grayish color.{{cite web|url=http://portalwiedzy.onet.pl/56977,,,,sukmana,haslo.html |title=Sukmana – WIEM, darmowa encyklopedia |publisher=Portalwiedzy.onet.pl |date= |accessdate=2013-11-12}} The coat was long, with sleeves, and wider towards the lower parts.

It was worn by men and sometimes by women.