Shoes For Bound Feet
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Jun 1990
label: Collection Date
content: 1936 to 1937
name: label: Collector
content: Mrs. Edith L. Blunt
label: Donor Name
content: William L. Lermond
notes: label: Notes
content: Pair of "boots" designed to fit bound feet: heel and shank are one piece of strongly arched wood (?) covered with black cotton. Top is embroidered black silk and appliqued bands in varied patterns, lined with pink linen. Wide opening, high throat, pointed tip.
label: Notes
content: According to Dr. David C. Ko, a medical doctor and collector of Chinese footbinding shoes, these shoes may or may not be footbinding shoes. The style indicates that the shoes were manufactured in the Northern region of China--perhaps Shanxi or Beijing. Though the manufacturing technique is "okay", the base, angle and heel of the shoe are questionable. The interior cloth is not woven and appears to be relatively new.
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: 372208
label: USNM Number
content: E425079-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shoe
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 15 cm
label: Width
content: 15 cm