Boots (1 Pair)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 6 Feb 1892
name: label: Donor Name
content: U. S. Department of the Navy
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Reindeer skin."
label: Notes
content: Boots show some wear on the soles. Objects currently serving as linings in the boots may possibly be # E153526?
label: Notes
content: An old unsigned handwritten note is with these boots: "Reindeer boots of the strips of skin from reindeer legs. Yakuts and [Tunguti ?]. 400 mi N of Yakut. Soles made from [fore ?] skin of reindeer."
label: Notes
content: Reference: Ivanova-Unarova, Zinaida, 2017. Siberian Collections in the U.S. Museums. Yakutsk. Object is identified there: Boots (pair). Tys eterbes.19th century, second half. Fur (reindeer), hide, woollen cloth, sinew. Sewing. H.: 50, W.: 16. Sole L.: 30. Boots from white reindeer feet with long leather straps are typical for women's footwear as opposed to men's footwear with short straps that are fastened to metal clasps on the back. The toe cap is slightly rounded. The upperbrown reindeer hide edging is narrow and is folded inside. Kenchi fur stockings from reindeer hide with a red woollen cloth rim are worn inside the boots.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: North, Siberia, Russia, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Yakut (Sakha)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 025334
label: USNM Number
content: E153524-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Boot
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 50 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 16 cm
label: Length - Sole
content: 30 cm