Slippers

Museum number:
9-16514a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3604
Description:
Pair of slippers; cloth-covered leather slippers with pointed toes; sides and top embroidered with red and gold metallic thread and sequins; blue cloth interior. Leather, textile. India. Length 28 cm.
Donor:
Hans Jenny and Mrs. Jean Jenny
Collection place:
India
Culture or time period:
Indian
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Slippers (shoes)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
January 29, 1981
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Slippers, accession number 9-16514a,b, described as Pair of slippers; cloth-covered leather slippers with pointed toes; sides and top embroidered with red and gold metallic thread and sequins; blue cloth interior. Leather, textile. India. Length 28 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Slippers, accession number 9-16514a,b, described as Pair of slippers; cloth-covered leather slippers with pointed toes; sides and top embroidered with red and gold metallic thread and sequins; blue cloth interior. Leather, textile. India. Length 28 cm.

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