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Chukchee

Ethnic groups:

Chukchee

Territory:

Chukot Peninsula

Date:

начало ХХ в

Collectors-person:
Rubrics:

Costume

Material:

Threads; leather: natural leather; fibers: animal: wool: reindeer hair under neck

Number:

РЭМ 6779-83/2

Annotation:

The knee-high boot top is sewn from dressed seal skin dyed brown with alder bark. The sandal-type sole is of seal skin, fur inside, with edges bent upwards. A leather strip is inserted in the seam between the yop and sole to protect the foot against moisture. The upper part of the boot top is decorated with a light strip of seal skin (mandarka) and embroidery with white hair from under deer’s neck. The footwear is fastened on the leg with long belts. Abstract by V.V. Gorbacheva