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Leather boots of the ichig (massi) type

West Kazakhstan Regional Local History Museum

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

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