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Herki, men’s pelvis covering. Evenki

Title:

Herki, men’s pelvis covering.

Ethnic groups:

Evenki

Territory:

East Siberia, Yenisei province

Date:

нач. ХХ в.

Material:

Leather: natural leather: suede: skin suede (elk – Alces alces); cloth: cotton; fibers: animal: wool: reindeer hair under neck; glass (glass beads); paint

Collectors-person:
Makarenko Alexei A.
Number:

РЭМ 1763-19

Annotation:

It is very short trousers, just covering the pelvis, cut out of one piece of elk skin suede and decorated with bead embroidery and fringes. The pelvis covering was fixed on the waste, with gaiters covering the whole leg tied to it. Such pelvis coverings having replaced the loincloth with fringe are the most archaic type of waist-worn clothes surviving in the costume of Tungus peoples of Siberia by the early 20th century. Abstract by M.V. Fedorova

Albums:
Arctic people’s clothes
Rubrics:

Costume

Rus:
Натазники мужские «хэрки». Эвенки