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and a button; the back edge of this flap is white; then below this is a sack-shaped extension running out to the side; the front part is decorated with white stripes, the back with only one cross stripe. To

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Fig. 134.Woman's boot.
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Fig. 135.Woman's stocking.

this flap the boot itself is sewn; it consists of sole, leg and upper. Total length 90, of which the leg measures 70 cm; width of the extension 38 cm, length of foot 21 cm.[1]

Fig. 135 is the stocking for this boot, seen from the back side. The upper part is quite of the same shape and size but the hairs are

  1. ↑ See also Boas 1901, fig. 153.
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