Women's coat and boots

Image by Musée départmental de Solutré
This outer winter coat has a fur lining and mittens sewn to the sleeves. It is decorated with geometric designs made with leather, suede fringe, inserts of wool cloth of different colors, and a trim of white fur from polar fox.

Nganasan.
Krasnoyarsk region, Taymyr Autonomous District, Dudinsky area, village of Ust'-Avam, 1980.

Cloth; fur of dog, polar fox, and reindeer; hair from the beards of reindeer; suede.

Length 98 cm, sleeves 54 cm, width 68 cm.

Coll. No. 10135-8.


Worn in winter with fur stockings, these boots are made from reindeer hide. They are of an ancient design that does not include a notch at the instep. They are decorated with bands of dark leather and red wool cloth.

Nganasan.
Krasnoyarsk region, Taymyr Autonomous District, Dudinsky area, village of Ust'-Avam, 1980.

Reindeer-leg fur, leather, woolen cloth.

Height 40 cm, width 20 cm, length of sole 22 cm.

Coll. No. 10135-9/1-4.

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