Boot
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Nov 2004
label: Collection Date
content: 1997
name: label: Collector
content: Sven Haakanson Jr.
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. William Fitzhugh
notes: label: Notes
content: PAIR OF WINTER DRESS/HOLIDAY BOOTS (KISIE OR KISY) MADE OF REINDEER LEG SKIN, FUR FACING OUT. SEWN WITH REINDEER SINEW. DIFFERENT COLORED FUR DECORATION WITH RED, BLUE , AND MUSTARD YELLOW WOOLEN FABRIC ACCENTS. BOOTS ARE THIGH LENGTH. FRONT IS HIGHER THAN BACK AND COMES TO A POINT. HAVE SINGLE LEATHER STRAP STITCHED ONTO BACK OF FRONT PANEL. BOTTOMS OF BOOTS HAVE FUR FACING OUT, WITH SOME BARE PATCHES SUGGESTING SOME WEAR. IDENTIFIED AS MENS' BOOTS BY COLLECTOR. ACQUIRED BY COLLECTOR THROUGH TRADE AGREEMENT WITH ANDRE AND RIESA SEROTTETA (HUSBAND & WIFE) FOR BINOCULARS AND EXPEDITION BATTERIES. PURCHASED BY COLLECTOR FOR $150.00 AMERICAN DOLLARS, PLUS OTHER UNSPECIFIED ITEMS THAT WERE PURCHASED BY COLLECTOR IN 1998 AND PLANNED TO BE GIVEN UPON HIS RETURN TO YAMAL. BOOTS VALUED AT $210.00 BY COLLECTOR. MADE BY RIESA SEROTETTA AND ANDRE'S SISTER, LUBA, IN 1996. INTENDED TO BE USED AS DRESS BOOTS DURING WINTER AND FOR HELD IN THE VILLAGES AND TOWNS. SEE ACCESSION RECORDS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Feb 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area, Siberia, Russia, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Nenets
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 420725
label: USNM Number
content: E430437-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Boot
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 72 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 27 cm