Nenets (Samoyed) women’s festive clothing

Arkhangelsk Gubernia (Governorate). Early 20th century

The difference between the costume and its figurine depiction:
A belt was an indispensable element of panitsa, Nenets women’s outer clothing. There is no belt in the sculpture. Nenets women’s footwear was distinguished by a triangle at the instep being the end of the shoe’s narrow side and ornamented with cross stripes of fur and wool. The figurine features men-style footwear.