Golf shoe belonging to Ethel Funches
date: label: Date
content: late 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: FootJoy, American, founded 1857
label: Used by
content: Ethel Funches, American, 1913 - 2010
notes: label: Description
content: A right golf shoe worn by Ethel Funches.
label: Description
content: The shoe is off white and has some dirt stains on it. The quarter on either side of the laces has a decorative design stitched in black and tan threads. There are four (4) white eyelets on either quarter of the shoe. There are white laces going through the eyelets. The tongue of the shoe has thin vertical stripes cut through part of it and each stripe comes to a point at the top. On the bottom of the inside of the shoe there is faded green text which reads [GREENJOYS / by FootJoy (unreadable)]. There are some scuffs on the back of the shoe. There are four metal spikes on the bottom of the heel of the shoe and seven metal spikes on the bottom of the toes of the shoes. They have indented text on each of them with two small holes. The text reads [GREENJOYS / TOOL STEEL].
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Athletes
label: Topic
content: Golf
label: Topic
content: Sports
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Grand Niece Angela Kenion-Wynn in Memory of Ethel P. Funches
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.249.5
objectType: label: Type
content: shoes (footwear)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: leather, rubber, metal, plastic, ink, and thread
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 4 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 10 1/2 in. (11.4 × 11.4 × 26.7 cm)