DepartmentAsia

Traditional shoes

NameVotive Offering

Artist Artist unrecorded

Datec. 1960

Place madeChina, East Asia, Asia

MediumPaper, paint, adhesive

Dimensions9 13/16 × 3 3/8 × 3 9/16 in. (24.9 × 8.5 × 9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1981.13.611V

Object numberA.1981.13.611V

Description2 pieces. Cut, folded, painted. Lacquered; black, top, soles. Tops lacquered with painted matte black band around throat. Natural colored inside with English language newspaper on inner sole. Inner sole reads "The Advocate, Alhambra, Calif. Thurs. Oct. 16, 1947".