Black Cotton Baby Shoes

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Museum of Chinese Australian History

Name/Title

Black Cotton Baby Shoes

Entry/Object ID

1987.18.4

Description

Baby's handmade embroidered shoes. Both left and right shoes are the same. Made of black cotton fabric. Lined in calico fabric. Shoe representative of animal (pig). Pink nose, ears and tail. Embroidered detailing to emphasise face, nose, ears, side of shoes. Embroidery also used as decorative detail. Sides are handstitched and joined together.

Acquisition

Accession

1987.18

Source or Donor

LIN Liya

Acquisition Method

Donation

Dimensions

Height

13.5 cm

Width

4 cm

Length

5.5 cm