Shoes

NameFootwear

Date1913-1919

Place madeAlbania, Eastern Europe, Europe

MediumLeather, cotton

Dimensions10 5/8 × 3 1/8 × 1 3/16 in. (27 × 8 × 3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Ronald Wixman and Stephen Glaser, A.2015.13.16ab

Object numberA.2015.13.16ab

DescriptionShaped from a single piece of leather and joined at toe, the uppers of these brown shoes are woven (macramé?) in tan and white cotton. Around the opening is a crocheted piece into which a thin black leather strip is laced to tie over instep after passing through small tongue.