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Leather boots of the ichig (massi) type

West Kazakhstan Regional Local History Museum

UUID: 69848ca2b33beb3c8

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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