Wooden shoes

Museum number:
9-10927a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
Shoes, wood; length 25. 5 cm; width 9.5 cm. Worn daily as shoes by men, especially holy men who will not wear leather.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Uttar Pradesh, India
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collection date:
January 1970
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shoes (footwear)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1987-1988 #13: SFO Museum (September 1, 1987–February 25, 1988), S1987-1988 #34: Community Arts, Inc. (February 25, 1988–May 3, 1988), and S1988-1989 #1: Community Arts, Inc. (1988–December 1, 1988)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Wooden shoes, accession number 9-10927a,b, described as Shoes, wood; length 25. 5 cm; width 9.5 cm. Worn daily as shoes by men, especially holy men who will not wear leather.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Wooden shoes, accession number 9-10927a,b, described as Shoes, wood; length 25. 5 cm; width 9.5 cm. Worn daily as shoes by men, especially holy men who will not wear leather.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wooden shoes, accession number 9-10927a,b, described as Shoes, wood; length 25. 5 cm; width 9.5 cm. Worn daily as shoes by men, especially holy men who will not wear leather.

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