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Torbases or eterbes, women’s summer footwear. Yakuts

Title:

Torbases or eterbes, women’s summer footwear.

Ethnic groups:

Yakuts

Territory:

Yakut Oblast

Date:

кон. XIX в. – нач. XX в.

Collectors-person:
Gromova A.I.
Rubrics:

Costume

Material:

Leather: natural leather: suede: skin suede; cloth: cloth

Number:

РЭМ 313-17/2

Annotation:

Sewn from deer suede, with high tops and with cuffs covered with red and black cloth. Long and wide deerskin belts are attached at the ankle for wrapping around the leg. The Yakut women wore such footwear over stockings in summer. Abstract by M.V. Fedorova