socks
date: label: date made
content: 1975
label: date made
content: 1968
notes: label: Description
content: Pair of white socks made of satin. Seams running along the center back of both socks and down center of foot to toe. They are wide and do not have a drawstring or elastic to secure them. Socks are attached to one another through their back seam. There is a piece of white grosgrain ribbon sewn inside the socks, but it has been cut short. Traditional Korean socks known as beoseon.
label: Description
content: Part of hanbok Mrs. Kim had made in Itawon, Seoul in 1975; worn for the opening gala of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco in 2003. An oral history was conducted with these donors. An unedited transcript of this oral history is available for scholarly research through the Archives Center of the National Museum of American History. The collection is "Family of Voices Oral History Project" and it is collection number AC 1365. http://americanhistory.si.edu/family-of-voices/individuals/bill-and-mary-ki
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: South Korea
topic: label: Subject
content: Costume
label: Subject
content: Asian
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
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content: Cultures & Communities
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Bill and Mary Kim
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0286.14
label: accession number
content: 2015.0286
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0286.14
objectType: label: Object Name
content: socks
label: Object Type
content: Stockings, Socks
label: Object Type
content: Woman
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: satin (overall satin)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 21/32 in x 9 1/4 in; 34.671 cm x 23.495 cm