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Boot

Object Number:42-39-19.1
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Tibet
Section:Asian
Materials:Cotton
Wool
Skin
Length: 40.5 cm
Width: 24.5 cm
Credit Line:Academy of Natural Sciences / University Museum Expedition to Southwest China and Tibet; Gordon T. Bowles, 1932
Other Number:CG99-1-2A - Found in Collection Number

Description

(Left boot) Cotton and wool patchwork calf-high with skin soles. Patches are purple, and blue. Wool lined with light blue piping up back seam. Boots are slit half-way down back seam. A rip has been stitched, red patches cover holes. Toe and foot are decorated with light blue canvas stitching. Foot is canvas.

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