Boot ornament

Museum number:
3-27680b
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Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Boot ornament (one of a pair); leather panel with silk floral embroidery in shades of blue on background of gold-colored metallic threads; geometric embroidery edges; height: 40.5 cm.
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 3-27680b, described as Boot ornament (one of a pair); leather panel with silk floral embroidery in shades of blue on background of gold-colored metallic threads; geometric embroidery edges; height: 40.5 cm.

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