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Men’s footwear, part of the men’s costume. Eskimo

Title:

Men’s footwear, part of the men’s costume.

Ethnic groups:

Eskimo

Territory:

East Siberia, Primorsky Oblast, Anadyr Krai

Date:

начало ХХ в

Material:

Skin suede, reindeer hair under neck

Collectors-person:
Number:

РЭМ 4979-6/1

Annotation:

The knee-high top is made from seal skin, fur outside; the bearded seal skin sole is sandal-shaped, with edges turned up. The footwear is fixed on the leg with long straps both sides of the foot. At the front, along the top edge, and above the sole edge around the foot, the footwear is decorated with alternating squares and rectangles of white and brown straps. Abstract by V.V. Gorbacheva

Albums:
Arctic people’s clothes
Rubrics:

Costume

Rus:
Обувь мужская – часть костюма. Эскимосы