E1341: Chinese Boy's Slipper

Ethnographic

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Identifier:

E1341

Classification Category:

3:Personal Artifacts ➞ Clothing ➞ Footwear

Marks/Labels:

1) inside the shoe on the sole is catalog information from the Boston Children's Museum: "Boys"
Chi-A-7092

2) On the inside left wall are the remains of what appears to be a tag with Chinese characters on it.

3) Luther College archival label: E1341

Materials:

fabric ➔ cloth ➔ cotton
fabric ➔ thread
animal ➔ hide/skin ➔ leather
synthetic ➔ rubber
Unidentified Materials

Dimensions:

19 cm L
7 cm W
6.5 cm H

Provenance of Object:

How the Boston Children's Museum acquired the object is unknown, but in 2016 the Boston Children's Museum gifted the object to the Luther College Ethnographic Collection.

Production Date:

Relatively modern (rubber)

Source Locality:

China

Acquisition Date:

2016

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