Wooden shoes

Museum number:
9-10928a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210910928a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
Shoes, wood length 25 cm; width 9 cm. Worn on feet daily by men, especially holy men who will not wear leather.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Varanasi District, 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)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Wooden shoes, accession number 9-10928a,b, described as Shoes, wood length 25 cm; width 9 cm. Worn on feet daily by men, especially holy men who will not wear leather.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wooden shoes, accession number 9-10928a,b, described as Shoes, wood length 25 cm; width 9 cm. Worn on feet daily by men, especially holy men who will not wear leather.

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