Men's ceremonial shoes of black wool tightly crocheted with colorful yarn embroidery
- Title
- Men's ceremonial shoes of black wool tightly crocheted with colorful yarn embroidery
- LC Subject
- shoes (footwear)
- Donor
- Wolf, Martha
- Description
- Men's ceremonial shoes of black wool tightly crocheted with colorful yarn embroidery in red, green, pink, blue, chartreuse, purple and orange; main embroidery covers the top of the shoe in a large circular design with four rays at vamp; edge and back of shoe is of stitched brown leather; sole of shoe is of repurposed automobile tire and has a carved design motif; slip-on style shoes.
- Motif
- Star-burst mandala Plant
- Work Type
- shoes (footwear)
- Location
- Iran
- Date
- 1970/1979
- Identifier
- 1988.027.003
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Wool Leather Rubber
- Technique
- Crochet Embroidery Rubber tire soles No right or left designation
- 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. Shoes are called,
