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Men’s footwear. Nganasan

Title:

Men’s footwear.

Ethnic groups:

Nganasan

Territory:

Krasnoyarsk Krai, Khatanga district, village

Date:

1970s

Material:

Fur: natural: leg skin; threads: animal: tendinous cord; cloth: cloth; leather

Collectors-person:
Number:

РЭМ 11703-2/1

Annotation:

The Nganasans and Entsi wore footwear unique among all the Siberian peoples. A feature of the Nganasan/Entsi footwear was the lack of arch in the instep. The footwear did not follow the shape of the foot. It was a long sack made from deer leg fur, “rendering the foot the appearance of …a horse foot,” as travelers described it. The footwear was sewn from deer leg skin with tendon threads similar for both feet. Abstract by I.A. Karapetova

Albums:
Arctic. Hunting and fishing
Rubrics:

Costume

Rus:
Обувь мужская. Нганасаны