Western Asia Shoe Box 1

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Catalog # Name Description
1 1993.37.27 Shoe Shoes, men's everyday. Off-white. Heavy lowers made of automobile tire insides. At the heel and toe are 1/ 3/4" strips of some kind of dried untanned leather. Leather is the attaching item between the upper and the lower; this leather is stitched to the soles. The leather continues up the heel and is in the shape of a horn at the pointed toe. Color: CR
2 1993.37.28 Shoe Shoes, everyday. Crocheted uppers, leather lowers; yarn on the soles; white. Uppers are white crochet that is horizontal to the sole but on top of the foot, the crochet pattern changes to perpendicular to the sole. The soles are made of layers of leather and stitched to the upper. On the sole of the shoes is knitted yarn stitched to the lowest layer of leather on the sole. "Iran" is written in black ink on green iron-on material and attached at the heel on both shoes. On the inside, the sole is marked in black ink. Pressed into the leather on each of the soles is another marking. a. Left. b. Right.
3 1993.37.5 Shoe Woman's. Navy suede uppers. Closed-toes that cover the top half of the foot. The suede comes to a point at the center top of the foot. Three fan-shapes in gold thread and ten circles in red and turquoise suede decorate the top of the slipper. The upper also comes to a point at the center of the back of the heel. It is decorated with four circles in gold thread and two paisleys. a. Right slipper, b. Left slipper. Color: BL
4 1998.22.1 Shoe Hard brown leather sole with large white stitches. Brown leather comes up from the sole to form the sides of the shoe. The end near the toes forms a point and curls up. Gold stitching forms lines and circles on top of the shoe and surrounds the sides and heel. The interior is of red leather on the sides and green and brown leather in the center, with large white stitches connecting the twol. A design with 3 points and a circle at the bottom is in the center of the shoe and is of treen thread. The center is red thread. Color: BR,ML
5 2010.17.130 Shoe a&b. 10 1/2" size, black white red thong style sandals with cross/square pattern, backstrap for behind ankle, pattern sewn into shoes, straps for control, plastic red decoration