Pair of miniature seal skin shoes. Stitched on either end to form toe and heel with string threaded around the opening. [MJD 19/08/2009]

Collection type: Object
Description: Pair of miniature seal skin shoes. Stitched on either end to form toe and heel with string threaded around the opening. [MJD 19/08/2009]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Orkney Isles Scotland
Cultural groups: Scottish
Person: Field collector William Horace Boscawen Somerset; PRM source William Horace Boscawen Somerset
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1935
Date collected: By 1935
Acquisition information: Donated: 1935
Materials and processes: Material Seal Skin Animal, Material String, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Process Stitched, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Length: max 65 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1935.21.2.1 Accession number: 1935.21.2.2
Research and responses: According to the Oxford English Dictionary Online, a rivlin (riveling or rilling) is a shoe of raw hide. [CW 13/4/2000]