686 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1893. 



of tlie home-made girdle. Other specimeus iu the collection, such as 

 the one from Jyade, may be compared with this. 



A pair of boots {Ui-am) completes with the cWuha the costmne of the 

 wild Tibetan. Near tlie Chinese border, in the Kokonor, these boots 

 are of cowhide and of (^liinese make and pattern, as shown in pi. L*. 

 Women and men wear the same kind of boot. It is bound tightly 

 below the knee with a leather thong or a loug garter of wool. 



In localities more distant from China the national boot is found. It 

 has a sole of raw yak hide which laps and turns up around the sides, 

 which are of several thicknesses of white cotton cloth stronglj- stitched 

 together with a broad seam down the middle of the top to the turned- 

 up pointed toe. Sometimes, in men's boots, the upper and leg is of red 

 leather, brought to Tibet from western China, the best coming from the 

 Chien-ch'ang, iu southwestern Ssu-ch'uan. The legs of most boots are 

 of tricky sometimes of one color, sometimes of pieces of different and 

 somewhat gaudy colors, as shown in pi. 2, figs. 1 and 2. The leg of the 

 boot is usually lined with a very coarse woolen stuff, and no socks are 

 worn on the feet. The garters are about 4^ feet long and 1 inch broad, 

 the designs usually very narrow longitudinal stripes. Some of them 

 are beautifully fine and show great taste in the selection of the colors. 

 (See pi. 13.) 



Among lamas the legs of the boots are invariably red and the uppers 

 are always of white cotton clotli. Some fine boots are made with the 

 uppersiand legs of red leather, or the legs of red and black leather, 

 as in fig. I. Another very handsome pair of boots in the collection 

 (No. 167179 and Diary of a Journey, etc., p. 14, fig. 5)* is worn only b^ 

 high lama dignitaries in the northeast part of the country (Kokonor). 

 This boot is entirely of red russian leather, and the seams are covered 

 with embroidery in different colored silks. 



In Lh'asa and among Tibetan officials in the more civilized portions 

 of the country generally the Chinese official velvet or satin boot is fre- 

 quently worn, as is also a boot of black buckskin of Chinese pattern, as 

 far as the foot and sole are concerned, but with a high Tibetan leg. 

 This latter style is worn with a garter, is made in many localities by 

 Chinese artisans, and is much liked by the natives. (See Diary of a 

 Journey, etc., p. 14, fig. 6.) 



Trousers are occasionally worn by the men; they are always made 

 like those worn iu China, and are of either sheepskin, native cloth, or 

 coarse cotton, rather baggy, and reach down to about the ankle, where 

 they are held by a garter. The boot is worn over them. In some of 

 the more civilized portions of the country leggings {tao-Jcu), like those 

 used by Chinese, are also worn by* the wealthy. 



Men»and women frequently wear a short shirt of raw silk {Imre, in 

 Tibetan), reaching to above the waist and with long sleeves. Among 

 tlie Kokonor Tibetans and in eastern Tibet it is made with a broad 



'Not illustrated in tliis paper. 



