Context (Display)
Exhibited: Department of Social Anthropology, 1983 to January 1988.
Event Date 1/1988
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Context (Field collection)
Artefact collected by Dr Ray Abrahams, through the generosity of the Crowther-Beynon Fund; Collected by: Abrahams.Dr.Ray in 1982: Boots such as these are comparatively rarely worn locally today. Most of those who wear them are older people, but they have become popular among urbanites who may order them from a village shoemaker. Machine-made copies may also be purchased in larger towns.

Event Date 15/3/1988
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Tan leather boots, size 10 (?), thigh high in length but the top has been folded down to just below the knee. Lacing at back with tassels; Good; Whole.
Event Date 15/3/1988
Author: maa

Context (Display)
Exhibited: On display in Maudslay Hall, Lappland/Finland case, UCMAA 1990- Nov 2009; seen 09/2000 and returned to storage April 2010.
Event Date 11/2009
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Conservation (Repack)
CON.2015.1125 | Repack
Event Date 10/4/2015
Author: cao37

Conservation (Repack)
CON.2015.1124 | Repack
Event Date 10/4/2015
Author: cao37

Description (Physical description)
Lapikkaat. Pair of leather boots with thick leather soles and heel built up of three additional leather layers and a rubber sole. The leather sole has been nailed to the boot with wooden nails, the rubber with metal. The toe is square and turned upwards; shoe upper decorated with grooved lines. Tall leg, folded in half and with laced metal eyelets along calf and upper leg. Leather thonging terminates in a tassel.
Event Date 8/3/2023
Author: Lily Stancliffe