E0739: Chinese Foot Binding Shoe

Ethnographic

Identifier:
E0739
Classification Category:
3:Personal Artifacts ➞ Clothing ➞ Footwear
Materials:
fabric ➔ cloth
fabric ➔ thread
botanical ➔ wood
Dimensions:
14 cm L
4 cm W
6.5 cm H
Provenance of Object:
This object was held in the museum that Luther College started in 1877. This museum eventually grew into the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, and following this, non-Norwegian American ethnographic objects were returned to Luther and accessioned into the college’s Anthropology Collection. Without additional documentation, was likely obtained by the Luther College Museum (later the Norwegian-American Museum) between the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Source Locality:
China
Description:
Chinese foot binding shoe. Most of the fabric is a faded red/pink color and sewn on cream colored linen.
Related Collections
Accession: 1996.ETHN62, 1/1/96
Donated by: Unknown
(1996.ETHN62)