Women’s High Heel Leather Shoes from 17th–18th Century Russian Villages Near Omsk
Variously preserved leather shoes from three 17th–18th century Russian villages on the Irtysh River, like those from Siberian towns of Mangazeya in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District and Tara in the Omsk Region, are used to reconstruct certain constructive and technological aspects of footwear man...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | Russian English |
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IAET SB RAS
2016
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| Online Access: | https://journal.archaeology.nsc.ru/jour/article/view/203 |
| Summary: | Variously preserved leather shoes from three 17th–18th century Russian villages on the Irtysh River, like those from Siberian towns of Mangazeya in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District and Tara in the Omsk Region, are used to reconstruct certain constructive and technological aspects of footwear manufacture. Ten types of shoes are described. A high heel shoe from Izyuk I combines Russian and Western European features. To assess its original form, a model was manufactured on a last, and a graphic reconstruction of the shoe was made in fi ve views. As a result, constructive defects, possibly accounting for discomfort, mentioned by 17th century written sources, were revealed. The local variety of high heel shoes likely originated in Western Siberia in the last quarter of the 17th – early 18th century. Shoes like those found in Izyuk appear to have been manufactured in Tara and were probably acquired there by local villagers. They differ from those made in Mangazeya. |
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