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Leather boots of the ichig (massi) type

West Kazakhstan Regional Local History Museum

Leather boots, according to data from the laboratory of the R.S. Zemlyachka factory in the city of Oral, are made from calfskin. They are stitched with a straight seam. In terms of size, they are women’s boots.
Date: era of the Golden Horde, mid-14th century. Found in the Mokrin 1 burial ground, mound 7, burial 2.
Length of the shafts = 37 cm.
Length of the sole = 22 cm.

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