Pair of wooden pattens on large platform heels

Made:
1890-1920
Pair of wooden pattens on large platform heels

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Pair of wooden pattens on large platform heels
Science Museum Group

Pair of wooden pattens on large platform heels, decorated straps of leather, perhaps worn to avoid infection, Nigerian, 1890-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A29141
Materials:
wood and leather
Measurements:
height 135 mm
length 268 mm
max: width 110 mm
sole: thickness 13 mm
type:
pattens

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