Object Record
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Catalog Number |
C07.563a-b |
Title |
Pair of wooden shoes |
Object Name |
Shoe |
Description |
Pair of carved wooden shoes, each carved from a single piece of wood; toe and heel come to a point; decorated with painted red, black, and white painted swags, vines and a flower on the toe. |
Year Range from |
1780 |
Year Range to |
1820 |
Dimensions |
H-3 L-10.75 inches |
Material |
Wood, leather, pigment |
Place of Origin |
Probably Spain |
Provenance |
Listed in early catalogue as #25 "Wooden Shoes from Owyhee". Owyhee is the old spelling for Hawaii, but these are certainly European. Rev. Burroughs may have misundersttod when he acquired them, probably from a seaman who had visited Hawaii. |
People |
Burroughs, Charles, 1787-1868 |
Search Terms |
Portsmouth Athenaeum Collection |
Subjects |
Shoes Wooden Shoes Owyhee |