Men's shoes of woven crocheted off-white cotton in a variety of textural stitches

Title
Men's shoes of woven crocheted off-white cotton in a variety of textural stitches
LC Subject
shoes (footwear)
Donor
Wolf, Martha
Description
Men's shoes of woven crocheted off-white cotton in a variety of textural stitches; slip-on style shoe; sole is of repurposed automobile tire.
Motif
Textural stitches Scallop
Work Type
shoes (footwear)
Location
Iran
Date
1970/1979
Identifier
1988.027.002
Rights
In Copyright
License
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Material
Cotton Rubber
Technique
Woven Crochet Variety of stitches
Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Primary Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Institution
Oregon State University
Note
Bakhtiari people are of southwestern Iranian tribe - a subgroup of Lurs. (Wiki 2018) They are of Persian descent. They are considered to be descendants of Fereydun and Cyrus the Great. The shoes are called,