Pair of mule style shoes with wooden soles
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Object Details
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- Unidentified
- Description
- A pair of mule-or slipper-style shoes with wooden soles and leather uppers. The soles are shaped for the left (a) and right (b) feet. The shoes have rounded toes and carved, slightly raised heels. The shoes have a vamp only, so that the leather would not fully enclose the wearer's foot. Each vamp is made from a single piece of leather that doubles over at the point where the upper attaches to the sole, as well as at the foot opening, for extra strength. The vamps are pegged to the wooden soles with metal pegs. The shoes slip onto the wearers foot and do not have any closure methods.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Avis, Eugene, and Lowell Robinson
- mid 19th-early 20th century
- Object number
- 2014.179.3ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- mules
- Medium
- hide, wood, and metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (overall (a) left): 3 5/8 × 10 7/8 × 5 15/16 in. (9.2 × 27.6 × 15.1 cm)
- H x W x D (overall (b) right): 3 1/8 × 11 1/8 × 6 1/8 in. (7.9 × 28.3 × 15.6 cm)
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- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Clothing-Historical
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Clothing and dress
- Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
- Slavery
- U.S. History, 1865-1921
- U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2014.179.3ab
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a4e020fd-b14d-4f13-b497-797ae1d83205
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