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Women’s footwear, part of the funeral costume. Koryak

Title:

Women’s footwear, part of the funeral costume.

Ethnic groups:

Koryak

Territory:

Kamchatka Oblast, Tigilski district

Date:

середина XX века

Collectors-person:
Orlova Elizaveta P.
Rubrics:

Costume

Material:

Fur: natural: leg skin; leather; fibers: animal: wool: reindeer hair under neck; fur: natural: hide

Number:

РЭМ 7113-52/2

Annotation:

The knee-high top is made from light grey domestic deer leg skin; the flat seal is made from dressed seal skin. The tops are decorated with fur patchwork of white and dark deer leg skin, combined ornament, and fringe of colored whitecoat seal. Abstract by V.V. Gorbacheva