Boots
Item number 3600/12 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Pair of leather boots decorated with geometric applique. Boots made up of four pieces of leather: soles, vamps, and front and back halves of uppers. Soles, vamps, and back of uppers are undecorated; coloured brown-orange. Front uppers dyed dark brown; applique stitched across surface, forming rectangular panel. Design consists of column of diamonds, framed on either side by triangles; rounded triangles in each corner of rectangle. Bottom and sides trimmed with wide bands; top edge undecorated. Applique done in brown-orange, beige, and turquoise. Opening of boots are finished; pull tabs on back edges.
Narrative
Purchased by Peter Oberlander on his frequent trips to Africa, sometime between 1958-1990. Oberlander was teaching and consulting in Ghana, and consulting for the UN in Nigeria and Kenya.
Item History
- Made in Nigeria ?
- Owned by Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
- Owned by Anonymous before September 22, 2022
- Received from Anonymous (Donor) on September 22, 2022
What
- Name
- Boots
- Identification Number
- 3600/12 a-b
- Type of Item
- boot
- Material
- leather skin and dye
- Part A
- height 57.8 cm, width 10.0 cm, depth 22.7 cm
- Part B
- height 57.0 cm, width 9.5 cm, depth 23.5 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Nigeria ?
Who
- Culture
- Fulani
- Previous Owner
- Cornelia Hahn Oberlander and Anonymous
- Received from
- Anonymous (Donor)
When
- Ownership Date
- before September 22, 2022
- Acquisition Date
- on September 22, 2022
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 3600/0012 a-b
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