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Leather boots of the ichig (massi) type

West Kazakhstan Regional Local History Museum

UUID: 69848cbf7e75ade6c

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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