• E0740A: Chinese Slippers
E0740A: Chinese Slippers
E0740A: Chinese Slippers
E0740A: Chinese Slippers
E0740A: Chinese Slippers
E0740A: Chinese Slippers
E0740A: Chinese Slippers
E0740A: Chinese Slippers
E0740A: Chinese Slippers
E0740A: Chinese Slippers
E0740A: Chinese Slippers
E0740A: Chinese Slippers
E0740A: Chinese Slippers
E0740A: Chinese Slippers
E0740A: Chinese Slippers
E0740A: Chinese Slippers

E0740A: Chinese Slippers

Ethnographic

Identifier:
E0740A
Classification Category:
3:Personal Artifacts ➞ Clothing ➞ Footwear
Marks/Labels:
TAG: "Early Chinese Slipper", "Chinese Shoes from 1870", two Chinese characters
Materials:
fabric ➔ cloth
fabric ➔ thread
animal ➔ hide/skin ➔ leather
Dimensions:
24.5 cm L
8 cm W
7 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:
A pair of Chinese slippers.
Related Collections
Accession: 1996.ETHN62, 1/1/96
Donated by: Unknown
(1996.ETHN62)