MVC-0400 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Sandals; red leather w/ bold border around sole; stamped multicolored top piece shows two womentand bells; extra gold twine top poece to hold shoe on; red leather back strap; Number 7 is incised on the bottom of each sole.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, stamped “genuine leather made in India”
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sandals
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
Woman’s clothing
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 9.75 centimeters and length 26.5 centimeters