1900 Chinese Woman’s Slippers for Bound Feet
date: label: date made
content: 1900
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Mrs. Lee had bound feet her entire life. Her daughter, Grace Mok, noted in an oral history that her limited mobility and difficulty in walking required her to be accompanied wherever she went. Though these are not Ng Shee Lee’s shoes, they are similar to those she wore.
label: Description
content: Foot binding in China may have originated as early as 900 AD. Though outlawed by the conquering Manchus in the 17th century, the Han Chinese retained the social practice into the 20th century.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: China: Shanghai, Shanghai
topic: label: referenced
content: Shoe
label: referenced
content: Chinese Americans
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content: Work and Industry: Agriculture
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Chinese American
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. William Chapin Huntington
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.A.2937
label: accession number
content: 1926.93542
label: catalog number
content: A.2937
label: catalog number
content: A002937
objectType: label: Object Name
content: woman's shoe for bound feet
label: Object Name
content: Shoes
label: Object Type
content: Shoes
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 4 in; 10.16 cm x 10.16 cm