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Women’s funeral costume. Koryak

Title:

Women’s funeral costume

Ethnic groups:

Koryak

Territory:

Kamchatka Oblast, Tigilski district

Date:

сер. ХХ века

Collectors-person:
Orlova Elizaveta P.
Material:

Fur: natural: hide (reindeer); leather: natural leather: suede: skin suede (reindeer); fur: natural: leg skin (reindeer); leather (domestic dog – Canis lupus familiaris); fur

Number:

РЭМ 7113-51

Annotation:

The core of the Koryak women’s funeral costume is a closed-up upper garment with a hood, made from white deer skins. Features of the funeral upper garment is an elongation (“tail”) of the hem at the back, and decoration with a combined ornament of dressed white and brown seal skin, colored with a fringe of whitecoat (baby seal) underfleece. A required element is a trimming of white dog fur along the edge of the hood, sleeves, and hem. This clothing is made in advance, and finished immediately before the funeral. Abstract by V.V. Gorbacheva

Albums:
Arctic people’s clothes
Rus:
Костюм женский погребальный. Коряки