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Vai, women’s mittens. Saami

Title:

Vai, women’s mittens.

Ethnic groups:

Saami

Territory:

Kola Peninsula, province, churchyard

Date:

early 20th century

Collectors-person:
Solovyev Dmitri
Material:

Threads: animal: wool

Number:

РЭМ 4037-47

Annotation:

The mittens were hand-knitted from white and colored woolen threads. The ornament is geometric, typical for the Saami of the Kola Peninsula. Sawn to the mittens’ ends are woolen cords with tassels. They were used to tie the mittens together in order not to loose the pair. Abstract by L.V. Korolkova