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Festive footwear. Nanais

Title:

Festive footwear

Ethnic groups:

Nanais

Territory:

river Anyui, Ussuri Krai, village Takhsale

Date:

late 19th - early 20th century

Collectors-person:
Rubrics:

Costume

Material:

Cloth: cotton; cloth: velvet; leather (Siberian Roe Deer – Capreolus pygargus Pallas)

Dimensions:

height 29.0; length 26.0

Number:

РЭМ 1871-32/2

Annotation:

Amur type footwear. The vamp cut from one piece with the sole and side parts is made from wild goat leather; the toe is turned up and puckered. Low tops of white canvas are decorated with black embroidered velvet (spiral foliage ornament). Such footwear was worn by young men on solemn occasions.