Slippers

Museum number:
9-11793a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2910
Object count:
2
Description:
Slippers: red and gold metallic brocade; leather sole and lining; 25 cm long. Worn by Parsi men and women (brocade favored by women) around the house. Made by special shoemakers.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Collection place:
Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra State, India
Culture or time period:
Parsi
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Slippers (shoes)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
December 7, 1972
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Slippers, accession number 9-11793a,b, described as Slippers: red and gold metallic brocade; leather sole and lining; 25 cm long. Worn by Parsi men and women (brocade favored by women) around the house. Made by special shoemakers.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Slippers, accession number 9-11793a,b, described as Slippers: red and gold metallic brocade; leather sole and lining; 25 cm long. Worn by Parsi men and women (brocade favored by women) around the house. Made by special shoemakers.

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