Boot (footwear)

Museum number:
9-22084a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210922084a@2cb
Alternate number:
BY.T-210 and T-210 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4737
Description:
men’s, long dress boots. combined leather and stacked fabric soles. black leather uppers are appliquéd with green leather decoration. tops are black velvet or velour with green leather Chinese character appliquéd on right and left side at ankle. green leather band up front from toe to top, around shoe and up the back. brown leather appliquéd at back. calf of boot is split up the back for 25 cm. top and split back edged with black cotton fabric. lined with white cotton fabric.
Donor:
Estate of G. Eleanore Murray, Estate of Theos C. Bernard, and Theos C. Bernard
Collection place:
Tibet
Verbatim coll. place:
Tibet
Culture or time period:
Tibetan
Collector:
Theos C. Bernard
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shoes (footwear)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Production date:
20th century
Accession date:
March 12, 2004
Context of use:
clothing
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Boot (footwear), accession number 9-22084a,b, described as men’s, long dress boots. combined leather and stacked fabric soles. black leather uppers are appliquéd with green leather decoration. tops are black velvet or velour with green leather Chinese character appliquéd on right and left side at ankle. green leather band up front from toe to top, around shoe and up the back. brown leather appliquéd at back. calf of boot is split up the back for 25 cm. top and split back edged with black cotton fabric. lined with white cotton fabric.

Tools