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Shoes from Around the World
Lakota (Sioux) moccasins with porcupine quills from Fort Peck, Montana
ca. 1900

Turkish pedestal shoes, wood with metal filigree
ca. 1900
Korean woman's shoes
late 19th century

Woman's shoes from Marrakech, Morocco
velvet with metallic embroidery
collected 1897-98
Egyptian reed sandals from Meydum
ca. 945-712 BC

Japanese clogs
18th century
Fiber sandals from Marshall Islands protected feet from coral reefs
late 19th century

Canvas sneakers decorated with beads, from Rosebud Sioux Reservation, South Dakota
1991
Chinese silk model shoes for bound feet (3.5 inches long)
collected 1890

Guatemalan sandals with soles made from  tire treads 
collected 1996
Turkish slippers, green velvet with glass beadwork, 
ca. 1900

Swahili "Mitawanda" (wood sandals) from Mombasa, Kenya
collected 1909
Chinese child's slippers made to resemble pigs
ca. 1900

Chief's leopard hide sandals from Northeast Congo
donated 1925
Korean sandals
collected 1890
North Alaskan Coast Eskimo child's boots, from Wainwright, Alaska
collected 1916
Inca child's sandals 
ca. 1400
Central Coast, Peru
Lakota (Sioux) child's beaded moccasins from South Dakota
ca. 1900
Hopi moccasins from Oraibi, Arizona
collected 1901
Sandals from Borneo [East Kalimantan] worn when gathering rattan in the forest
collected 1898
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