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Boot

Object Number:42-39-20
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Tibet
Section:Asian
Materials:Leather
Wool
Length: 42 cm
Width: 25.5 cm
Credit Line:Academy of Natural Sciences / University Museum Expedition to Southwest China and Tibet; Gordon T. Bowles, 1932
Other Number:CG99-1-1 - Found in Collection Number

Description

Patch work orange and black high boot. Colors are dyed or painted. Hand-stitched skin sole. Gold stitch holds patches and sole. Canvas, black, green, red and yellow stitching decorate boot from toe to mid calf. Back slit at top half. Interior is striped wool fabric.

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