shoes, pair of
date: label: date made
content: 1980s
notes: label: Description
content: Pair of traditional Iraqi Kurdish men's shoes called "klash." Upper part of the slip-on shoes are off-white cotton yarn hand crocheted in four patterns. At top of the vamp (where foot is inserted) is a small (approximately 1") tassle made of the cotton yarn. The sole of the shoe is a stiff plastic or rubber wrapped with red and blue cotton fabric which is visible on inside bottom of shoes. The heel and toe have small metal tacks hammered in rows into the sole.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Iraq
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
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content: Clothing & Accessories
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Muhamed A. Kareem
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2011.0136.01
label: catalog number
content: 2011.0136.01
label: accession number
content: 2011.0136
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shoes
label: Object Name
content: shoes, pair of
label: Object Type
content: Shoes
label: Object Type
content: Man
label: Object Type
content: Footwear
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (upper material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal tacks (hammed into sole material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber or plastic (sole material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 4 in x 10 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 10.16 cm x 26.67 cm