DepartmentTextiles-Middle East
Shoes
NameShoes
CultureBedouin
Place madeSyria, Middle East, Asia
MediumLeather, metal wrapped thread, fiber
Dimensions6 5/16 × 4 5/16 × 10 7/16 in. (16 × 11 × 26.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Irene Fisher and Dr. Estella Warner, A.1956.11.1ab
Object numberA.1956.11.1ab
DescriptionLow boots with stiffened soles and yellow uppers. Large blue tassel with wrapped top attached to the front of each shoe. Small tooled circles at heel, blanket stitch around top edge.
1973-1975
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1960
c. 1915
1968
c. 1920
19th century