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Freakatorium: The Collection of Johnny Fox

Thu, Oct 11, 2018 11:00PM EDT
Lot 607

Chinese Worker?s Foot Binding Shoes.

Estimate: $200 - $300

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Chinese Worker?s Foot Binding Shoes. Circa 1900. Black leather shoes used by woman with bound feet. 6 ??. Rusty shoelace hoops and stiffening, with sole lining not present in one shoe, and some deterioration of leather at edges, yet solid. Offered together with three pairs of replica foot binding shoes in embroidered silk. Similar to pair on exhibit at the Toronto Bata Shoe Museum.