Shoe lasts

Museum number:
9-17992a-h
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210917992a@2dh
Accession number:
Acc.4278
Description:
Shoe lasts. Wooden blocks used to fabricate shoes. 8 pieces, 4 for each shoe. A) toe form, length 13.5 cm; B) midsection, length 5.1 cm; C) midsection, length 6.4 cm; D) heel, length 6.3 cm; E) toe, length 13.5 cm; F) midsection, length 6.1 cm; H) heel, length 6.3 cm
Donor:
unknown
Collection place:
Shaping, Yunnan province, Southwest China
Verbatim coll. place:
Chin, Yunnan Province. Purchased at Shaupin market
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Karin Obal
Collection date:
August 1987
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shoes (footwear)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Context of use:
Men use to make shoes
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shoe lasts, accession number 9-17992a-h, described as Shoe lasts. Wooden blocks used to fabricate shoes. 8 pieces, 4 for each shoe. A) toe form, length 13.5 cm; B) midsection, length 5.1 cm; C) midsection, length 6.4 cm; D) heel, length 6.3 cm; E) toe, length 13.5 cm; F) midsection, length 6.1 cm; H) heel, length 6.3 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shoe lasts, accession number 9-17992a-h, described as Shoe lasts. Wooden blocks used to fabricate shoes. 8 pieces, 4 for each shoe. A) toe form, length 13.5 cm; B) midsection, length 5.1 cm; C) midsection, length 6.4 cm; D) heel, length 6.3 cm; E) toe, length 13.5 cm; F) midsection, length 6.1 cm; H) heel, length 6.3 cm

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