Shoes Item Number: 3052/24 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Pair of leather shoes (part of a girl’s costume with 3052/18-23). The shoes are light weight and close fitting, toes curling up slightly, with two straps across the top that are secured with brass buckles. The leather is a light tan in colour, its surface partially covered with small, circular motifs burned into the leather. The shoe base is a continuation of the upper, with no added sole.

Narrative

Early 20th century Hutsul style girl's costume, of the village of Kosmach, in the Kosiv district, in the Ivano Frankivsk region, Ukraine.