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Shoes
Hmong peopleca. 1960-70
Museu do Oriente
Lisboa, Portugal
Pair of cotton shoes, with embroidered butterflies and fish for good luck, patterns filled with horsehair, and indigo heel. The environmental conditions of the place where this group lived, the muddy floor and the fragility of the materials used in the manufacture of this type of shoes, made them rare.
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Details
- Title: Shoes
- Creator: Hmong people
- Date Created: ca. 1960-70
- Location: China, Guizhou
- Physical Dimensions: Aprox. 8,4 x 8,4 x 24 (each)
- Type: costume
- Rights: Fundação Oriente - Museu do Oriente
- External Link: http://www.museudooriente.pt/
- Medium: cotton textile embroidered with textile fibers, sequins, with a horsehair core
- Photographer: Fundação Oriente - Museu do Oriente / Gonçalo Barriga
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