Boot ornament

Museum number:
3-27679a
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Alternate number:
9-4818ab, 107, 107a (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Boot ornaments (a pair); leather panels with embroidered scene showing seated woman wearing Empire-style gown; padded face and breasts; holds bow (?) with livertad embroidered on it; embroidered gold necklace; below are figure of American Indian and a lion being attacked by a bird; blue "seed" bead earrings on (b); metallic and silk threads in various embroidery techniques; H 39 cm. Gold and silver thread on Chinese silk core, various types of satin stitch. French knots on frock.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Mexico
Culture or time period:
Mexican
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shoes (footwear)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Boot ornament, accession number 3-27679a, described as Boot ornaments (a pair); leather panels with embroidered scene showing seated woman wearing Empire-style gown; padded face and breasts; holds bow (?) with livertad embroidered on it; embroidered gold necklace; below are figure of American Indian and a lion being attacked by a bird; blue "seed" bead earrings on (b); metallic and silk threads in various embroidery techniques; H 39 cm. Gold and silver thread on Chinese silk core, various types of satin stitch. French knots on frock.

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