Cantonese Opera Boots Item Number: N1.754 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Pair of black silk boots, or high shoes. Leather and cardboard platform sole, sides covered with white fabric, plain black uppers, with triple cording of black leather running up back, around line of normal shoe height, and up front, where it is doubled around a tin circle at the toe to produce a reinforced upturned false toe. Cotton lining. Cotton insole. Green band at junction of sole and upper.
History Of Use
Cantonese opera costume shoes, worn by men.
Item History
- Made in China
- Collected between 1900 and 1940
- Owned by Jin Wah Sing Musical Association before August 28, 1973
- Received from Barrett Montford Endowment Fund (Funding source), Jin Wah Sing Musical Association (Seller), Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source), Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source), Mah Society of North America (Funding source), Canada-China Friendship Association (Funding source), Quon H. Wong Agencies (Funding source) and Edith Low-Beer (Funding source) on August 28, 1973
What
- Name
- Cantonese Opera Boots
- Identification Number
- N1.754 a-b
- Type of Item
- boot
- Material
- leather skin, tin metal, adhesive, paper, cotton fibre and silk fibre
- Manufacturing Technique
- dyed, sewn, glued, cut and woven
- Part A
- height 39.0 cm, width 8.5 cm, depth 28.0 cm
- Part B
- height 38.0 cm, width 9.0 cm, depth 27.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Chinese
- Previous Owner
- Jin Wah Sing Musical Association
- Received from
- Barrett Montford Endowment Fund (Funding source), Jin Wah Sing Musical Association (Seller), Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source), Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source), Mah Society of North America (Funding source), Canada-China Friendship Association (Funding source), Quon H. Wong Agencies (Funding source) and Edith Low-Beer (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- China
When
- Collection Date
- between 1900 and 1940
- Ownership Date
- before August 28, 1973
- Acquisition Date
- on August 28, 1973
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0248/0139 a-b