DepartmentTextiles-Europe

Boots

NameBoots

CultureSámi

Date1968

Place madeKautokeino, Norway, Europe

MediumReindeer skin, leather, wool

Dimensions7 1/2 × 3 15/16 × 11 in. (19 × 10 × 28 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Berit Aaker Pietsch, A.1978.32.1ab

Object numberA.1978.32.1ab

Collections

Selections from the Museum's Textile Collection

DescriptionThese boots are made of the fur side of reindeer skin on topside and soles of boots; smooth inside. There is a tube of smooth leather at ankles through which leather thong goes, tying in front. A band of decorative red wool fabric separates the sealskin and leather tube.