Pair of men’s calf length boots with slits along upper back. Calf portion of boots made of maroon silk with vine-like designs and characters embroidered throughout. Back slits and top edges of boots trimmed with dark blue, black and yellow plaid fabric. Red silk band around ankles with flowers and feathers embroidered in black and gold. Red silk extends upwards along front and back seams. These sections have characters and flowers embroidered in gold and light blue. Front red silk seam has gold and blue stripes down centre. Back red silk seam has orange stripe down centre. All red silk sections trimmed with yellow and blue stripes. Foot portion of boots covered with white material and have dark brown leather(?) appliques around heels and toes. Dark green and white fabric layers between boot and black leather(?) soles. Boot interiors have dark red-purple lining.

Pair of men’s hide boots with beading and fur trim. Heel and cuff are edged with a dark brown fur. Toe panel and lower leg have beaded flowers in a variety of bright colours, with green foliage. Short hide fringe emerges from the top of the ankle fur and right boot has a thong for tightening attached at top back. Boots are lined with flannel.

Pair of women's hide boots with beading and fur trim. Heel and cuff are edged with a red-brown fur. Toe panel and outer side of the leg have beaded red flowers with green foliage, two blue flowers added to the design on the side. Black tube beads decorate the front of the leg, and a set of blue, pink and white tassels on braided cords hangs down from the cuff. Short leather tassels are attached at back. The boots are lined with cotton and felt.

« A pair of badly deteriorated winter boots is made of caribou skin with the hair on, taken from the region of the hock. The lower or foot portion of the boot consists of three pieces of skin, one fitting around the back and sewn down both sides of the foot, a second fitting over the instep and across the toes, and a third serving as the sole of the boot. The upper portion consists of four narrow, rectangular pieces of skin sewn together horizontally. The strips have been cut so that there is a fringe of white hair at the lower edge of each one. At the proximal end of the boot a narrow loop of tanned skin has been sewn to enclose a braided drawstring. This pair of boots appears to resemble somewhat the 'Teg-skin boots" described by Rogers (1967, pp. 58-59) as being worn by the Mistassini in spring for protection from melt water. However, the boots he describes usually reached only to the ankle while these clearly extend to the knees (fig. 30c). » Vanstone, James W. "The Speck Collection of Montagnais Material Culture from the Lower St. Lawrence Drainage, Quebec." Fieldiana. Anthropology. New Series, No. 5 (October 29, 1982), p.17, fig 30c (p.58).

Mukluks. Tall boots are made of soft hide, fully lined on the interior with white synthetic fleece. Long, wide fringe hangs from the top of the boot, with a braided bow with tassels at back. Shaft is sewn to foot at ankle, and a thong is threaded here for adjusting the fit. Toe panel is decorated with bright beading of a blue flower with green and orange foliage and white twigs.

Red leather boots, (part of a girl’s or woman's costume, 3052/1-7 or 3052/9-17). Boot shaft rises to mid-shin, where a decorative cuff is sewn to the collar. Boot is otherwise undecorated. Sole is of black rubber and heel is low.

THE SHUSWAP. TEIT, JAMES MEMOIRS, 4, 1909