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Pair of miniature shoes

Pair of miniature shoes

A.D. 1000–1476
Object PlacePeru
Medium/TechniqueWool, cotton tapestry, plain weave (lining); appliqué metal plaques; metal soles
DimensionsOverall: 10 x 6.5 x 9.2 cm (3 15/16 x 2 9/16 x 3 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Landon T. Clay
Accession number1975.662a-b
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceBy 1968, Arts of the Four Quarters, Ltd., New York [see note]; probably sold by Arts of the Four Quarters to Landon T. Clay, Boston; 1975, gift of Landon T. Clay to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 8, 1975)

NOTE: "Art of Ancient Peru and Ecuador," a sales exhibition organized in cooperation with André Emmerich, Arts of the Four Quarters, Ltd., New York, 1968, cat. no. 24.