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Jingling clogs, Aleppo, Syria
1850s–1890s
British Museum
London, United Kingdom
Pair of bath clogs. Each clog, qabqāb, is made from one piece of wood covered with purple velvet and decorated with floral open-work and repoussé low-content silver metal plaques. Each clog has a leather strap to hold the foot, also covered in purple velvet, with a floral open-work and repoussé metal strip with a central undecorated oval medallion on top. Round bells are attached to the sides and front of each clog.
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- Title: Jingling clogs, Aleppo, Syria
- Date Created: 1850s–1890s
- Location Created: Syria
- Physical Dimensions: Height: 11 centimetres (clog a) Width: 9 centimetres (clog a) Depth: 24.5 centimetres (clog a) Weight: 476 grammes (clog a) Height: 9.6 centimetres (clog b) Width: 8.7 centimetres (clog b) Depth: 24.5 centimetres (clog b) Weight: 502 grammes (clog b)
- Provenance: Gift of Zeina Klink-Hoppe
- Type: Clogs
- External Link: 2013,6033.2.a-b
- Medium: Wood, silk velvet and silver alloy
- Copyright: © The Trustees of The British Museum
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