Shoe

48-29-259

From: India

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 48-29-259
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Indian
Provenience India
Date Made 19th Century - 1948
Section Asian
Materials Leather | Cotton | Silver
Technique Embroidered
Iconography Floral
Description

Shoe for a child. Black leather exterior; forepart has stylized floral motive (lotus?) embroidered with silver-wrapped thread (tarnished) over thin strips of white leather. Shaped like English slipper but pointed at the toe, terminating in a thin wisp.

Length 19 cm
Width 6.6 cm
Credit Line Gift of Presbyterian Board of Missions, 1948

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