Shoes Item Number: 3052/24 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
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.
Early 20th century Hutsul style girl's costume, of the village of Kosmach, in the Kosiv district, in the Ivano Frankivsk region, Ukraine.