DepartmentTextiles-Europe
Men's Shoes - Gumeni Opringa/ Opanci
NameFootwear
CultureBalkans
Datec. 1960
Place madeAlbania, Eastern Europe, Europe
MediumInner tube, cotton string
Dimensions10 1/4 × 5 1/8 × 2 3/16 in. (26 × 13 × 5.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Ronald Wixman and Stephen Glaser, A.2015.13.17ab
Object numberA.2015.13.17ab
DescriptionThe uppers of the shoes are of a natural colored cotton cord with a red and purple embroidered pattern along the centers from toe to opening. A cotton braid is interlaced through woven heel area, through tongue to form closure.
1913-1919
1913-1919
1973-1975
ca. 1910
1980s
