Boots (footwear)

Museum number:
9-29a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090029a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.62
Description:
Boots (Plakit); reindeer fur; 2 leather straps behind ankle; cordage ties at top; soles of “thong-seal” or walrus hide
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Siberia, Russia
Verbatim coll. place:
E. Siberia
Culture or time period:
Russians
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
December 20, 1902
Materials:
Fur (hair material) and Hide (collagenous material)
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shoes (footwear)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
December 20, 1902
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 9-29a,b, described as Boots (Plakit); reindeer fur; 2 leather straps behind ankle; cordage ties at top; soles of “thong-seal” or walrus hide

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