shoes

A pair of blue satin Manchu woman's shoes with decoration on the front to suggest a dragon or fish - eyes in green and black, with an orange circular symbol design as a nose. On either side of the face are some embroidered green gills. The sides of the shoes have pale pink silk decoration in floral designs. The heel is covered in stretched white cloth, which is also painted white on top. There is a rim of green cloth at the top and bottom of the sole. The heel is reinforced in wood using nails and shows a cut out design in blue, green, black, red and pink cloth within.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn2283
Date
Qing dynasty, 19th century
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
(L) 252mm; (H) 114mm; (W) 60mm
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
In storage
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