E0746: Shoe

Ethnographic

Identifier:
E0746
Classification Category:
3:Personal Artifacts ➞ Clothing ➞ Footwear
Marks/Labels:
Two stickers "4" and "Chinese"
Materials:
animal ➔ hide/skin ➔ leather
fabric ➔ cloth
metal ➔ beads
Dimensions:
8 cm L
3 cm W
1 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:
One leather shoe decorated with coiled metal beads, cloth, and string.
Related Collections
Accession: 1996.ETHN62, 1/1/96
Donated by: Unknown
(1996.ETHN62)