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DepartmentTextiles-Middle East

Shoes

NameShoes

Artist Artist unrecorded

Date1960s

Place madeAleppo, Syria, Middle East, Asia

MediumLeather, silk or cotton, metal

Dimensions2 3/4 × 9 13/16 × 3 3/8 in. (7 × 25 × 8.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Mrs. O. R. Sellers, A.1969.37.2ab

Object numberA.1969.37.2ab

Collections

Artistic Heritage: Folk Art of Syria

DescriptionWedge type, covered with white leather that has been embroidered with flowers. Two inch wide straps criss - cross over top of foot; heel strap, 1/2 inch wide, fastens with buckle at side of shoe.

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