Shoe

48-29-257

From: India

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 48-29-257
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Indian
Provenience India
Date Made 19th Century - 1948
Section Asian
Materials Leather | Cotton | Sequins
Technique Embroidered
Description

Shoe for a for a woman. Reddish leather, sides and back originally covered with red cloth of which traces remain. All over embroidery in silver-wrapped thread and sequins. Shaped like English slipper but pointed at the toe, terminating in a thin wisp(mostly gone).

Length 25 cm
Width 8 cm
Credit Line Gift of Presbyterian Board of Missions, 1948

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