Chinese Lady's Shoes (1 Pair)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 May 1915
name: label: Donor Name
content: Mr. George Eustis
notes: label: Notes
content: As per Dr. David C. Ko's comments (Ko is a medical doctor and collector of Chinese footbinding shoes) these shoes may be authentic footbinding shoes. They have bamboo supports, a "high tech" design, and good structure to support bound feet. The embroidering and structure of the shoe are good. According to Ko, 70-80 years ago, collectors went "wild" for this style of bound feet shoes. This particular style only appears in the southern parts of the Fujian province and resembles the Tao Fo style. This particular style is rare in China, so if these shoes are indeed footbinding shoes, they are very important. Dr. Ko believes a merchant may have made these shoes because of the style. Women usually made their own shoes. If these shoes had been worn, the heel would be heavier/thicker on the bottom.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Aug 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: China, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chinese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 058327
label: USNM Number
content: E287167-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shoe