Shoes

Museum number:
9-11163a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
shoes, pair of; leather, cotton thread; each shoe 22 cm length; 8 cm width
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Udaipur district, Rajasthan, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Rajasthan, Udaipur district, Mewar (Bhil tribe & lower Hindu castes)
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
March 1969
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shoes (footwear)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
worn by children everyday as shoes; made by men of the leatherworker caste - chamar
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
each shoe— length 22 centimeters and each shoe— width 8 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shoes, accession number 9-11163a,b, described as shoes, pair of; leather, cotton thread; each shoe 22 cm length; 8 cm width
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shoes, accession number 9-11163a,b, described as shoes, pair of; leather, cotton thread; each shoe 22 cm length; 8 cm width

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