boot(a pair) BM-As1898-0622.42.a-b

Period:Unknown Production date:1898 (circa)
Materials:wool, cotton, hemp (?),
Technique:patchwork, twill weave, plain weave,

Dimensions:Height: 54 centimetres Length: 28.50 centimetres Width: 11 centimetres

Description:
A pair of man’s boots; knee-length. Rope (bast fibre) sole; square end toe. Foot and leg made from a patchwork of maroon, red, green and blue woven wool cloths (twill and tabby weaves). Vent at middle back top, edged with blue twill cotton cloth. Top edge of boot raw. Many small holes – evidence of former insect damage – revealing natural cream tabby hemp (?) cloth underneath.
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Comments:B&M Register,v.7; Ethno Temporary Register,1861-1921,p.85.Waddell “Buddhism of Tibet…”.Not listed amongst material transferred in 1979 from Oriental Dept., presumably in Ethno already. See: http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/