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Asian Lotus Shoe

Image
Member of
Asian Collection
Description
Foot binding (also known as "Lotus feet") is the custom of applying painfully tight binding to the feet of young girls to prevent further growth. The practice possibly originated among upper-class court dancers during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in Imperial China (10th or 11th century). Foot binding became popular as a means of displaying status (women from wealthy families who did not need them to work could afford to have their feet bound) and was correspondingly adopted as a symbol of beauty in Chinese culture. Shoe for bound foot. Cloth, with black edging, purple cloth tape; embroidered floral/swastika design; pink tapes for securing shoe; broad cloth piece sewn to inside heel; reinforced arched sole with blue/white/red stripes and floral painted design.
Note

Asian Collection/Austin Collection.

Type
Still Image
Genre
Shoes
Color photographs
Photographs
Extent
5.6 x 5.4 x 17 cm, 62 g
Subject (Topical)
Footbinding
Shoes
Subject (Geographic)
China
China
China
Identifier
BC005
Local Identifier
1928
https://fcrepo-brc.isle.flvc.org/fcrepo/rest/65/e7/0e/b6/65e70eb6-ce74-4b58-aa2a-50429c864725
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Additional Information
Asian Collection/Austin Collection.
Extension


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IID
BC005
Physical Description

5.6 x 5.4 x 17 cm, 62 g
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/broward/fd/BC005
Title Plain
Asian Lotus Shoe
URL
http://purl.flvc.org/broward/fd/BC005
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Physical Location
Broward College Archives and Special Collections
Title
Asian Lotus Shoe
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Asian Lotus Shoe
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