Bound foot boot. One of pair of boots for bound feet; green cotton soles with red and green silk uppers embroidered with animals, birds, flowers and foliage in blue, green, white, indigo and gold threads; bound at the top with blue cotton (much faded); no lining. Part of a miscellaneous collection of specimens (mainly Chinese) acquired in the field by missionaries of the above society 19th cent -1939
bound foot boot
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