Yakut clothes of the 17th and 18th centuries, archaeology and restitution

Abstract

40 frozen yakutian graves, from the 17th to the 19th century allow the reconstitution of clothes. At the end of the 17th century, new fashions are emerging with the ostentatious use of imported goods and the influences of Russian noble circles and Chinese and/or Mongol and/or Buriat fashions. The garment does not only seem to be any more an element of protection against the cold and a utilitarian object but becomes a way to marking the socialization of the individual.

Keywords

• frozen burials
• fabrics
• pelts
• beads
• sewing techniques
• foreign influences