Boots (footwear)

Museum number:
9-17836a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210917836a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4215
Description:
boots, a pair; leather sole sewn on with herring bone stitches; multiple pieces red and green felt instep embroidered with leaf-like pattern; burgundy colored woolen leg split on top; worn by both men and women against cold; collected on the Californian Makalu Himalayan Expedition.
Donor:
L. Bruce Meyer
Collection place:
Tibet
Materials:
Felt (textile) and Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shoes (footwear)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Boots (footwear), accession number 9-17836a,b, described as boots, a pair; leather sole sewn on with herring bone stitches; multiple pieces red and green felt instep embroidered with leaf-like pattern; burgundy colored woolen leg split on top; worn by both men and women against cold; collected on the Californian Makalu Himalayan Expedition.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Boots (footwear), accession number 9-17836a,b, described as boots, a pair; leather sole sewn on with herring bone stitches; multiple pieces red and green felt instep embroidered with leaf-like pattern; burgundy colored woolen leg split on top; worn by both men and women against cold; collected on the Californian Makalu Himalayan Expedition.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Boots (footwear), accession number 9-17836a,b, described as boots, a pair; leather sole sewn on with herring bone stitches; multiple pieces red and green felt instep embroidered with leaf-like pattern; burgundy colored woolen leg split on top; worn by both men and women against cold; collected on the Californian Makalu Himalayan Expedition.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Boots (footwear), accession number 9-17836a,b, described as boots, a pair; leather sole sewn on with herring bone stitches; multiple pieces red and green felt instep embroidered with leaf-like pattern; burgundy colored woolen leg split on top; worn by both men and women against cold; collected on the Californian Makalu Himalayan Expedition.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Boots (footwear), accession number 9-17836a,b, described as boots, a pair; leather sole sewn on with herring bone stitches; multiple pieces red and green felt instep embroidered with leaf-like pattern; burgundy colored woolen leg split on top; worn by both men and women against cold; collected on the Californian Makalu Himalayan Expedition.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Boots (footwear), accession number 9-17836a,b, described as boots, a pair; leather sole sewn on with herring bone stitches; multiple pieces red and green felt instep embroidered with leaf-like pattern; burgundy colored woolen leg split on top; worn by both men and women against cold; collected on the Californian Makalu Himalayan Expedition.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Boots (footwear), accession number 9-17836a,b, described as boots, a pair; leather sole sewn on with herring bone stitches; multiple pieces red and green felt instep embroidered with leaf-like pattern; burgundy colored woolen leg split on top; worn by both men and women against cold; collected on the Californian Makalu Himalayan Expedition.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Boots (footwear), accession number 9-17836a,b, described as boots, a pair; leather sole sewn on with herring bone stitches; multiple pieces red and green felt instep embroidered with leaf-like pattern; burgundy colored woolen leg split on top; worn by both men and women against cold; collected on the Californian Makalu Himalayan Expedition.

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