Footwear from around the World

Feet are imbued with mystical properties in many cultures – they connect us to the earth physically, and it is the earth that provides food and sustenance.

The items here are all about decorating the feet, and come from India, Ottoman Turkey, Malaysia, China, Bukina Faso, Colonial Central America, and Oman.

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5003

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    Pair of Silver Paduka Sandals

    India, probably Gujarat
    18th-19th century

    length of each: 21cm, width: 9.5cm, height: 6.5cm, combined weights: 502g

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    Collection of (the late) Paul Walter; probably acquired in London.

    4951

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      Pair of Indian Silver Anklets

      Orissa, India
      circa 1900

      length: 13cm, width: 9.5cm, combined weight: 258g

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      Collection of the late Paul Walter, New York, probably acquired in London.

      5002

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        Ceremonial Gold & Silver Paduka Sandals

        India, probably Rajasthan, or Zanzibar
        18th-19th century

        length of each: 213.5cm, width: 9cm, height: 12.5cm, combined weights: 1,516g

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        Collection of (the late) Paul Walter. The undersides of each retain old collection labels pertaining to 'Trephagan School', which is in the United States.

        3507

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          Cast Copper Bwa Do Cult Anklet

          Bwa people, Burkino Faso
          19th century

          length: 20cm. width: 9.7cm, height with stand: 8cm

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          UK art market

          4029

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            Omani Large, Fine Silver Anklets

            Oman or Zanzibar
            19th century

            exterior diameter: 11.3cm, interior diameter: 6.2cm, height of bezel: 6cm, combined weights: 502g

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            UK art market

            5222

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              Straits Chinese Embroidered & Couched Wedding Slippers

              probably Malacca, Malay Peninsula or Singapore
              early 20th century

              length: 26.6cm

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              UK art market

              3589

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                Ottoman Armenian Woman’s Wooden Stilted Clogs (Qabqab) with Engraved Silver Mounts

                Armenian People, Ottoman Turkey
                19th century

                length: 24cm, height: 12.5cm

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                from the collection of the family of John Lee, Baron Lee of Trafford, Bowdon Old Hall, Cheshire, UK. The family of Lord Lee has occupied Bowdon Old Hall since 1919 and the clogs formed part of the contents of the house. The wife of Baron Lee is of Armenian descent.

                1085

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                  Brass Colonial Spanish or Dutch Stirrups

                  Spanish South America or Dutch Suriname
                  17th-19th century

                  both each approximately 27cm in length & 12.5cm in height; weights: 1348g and 1324g

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                  Provenance

                  European art market.

                  5304

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                    Pair of Chinese Embroidered Slippers

                    Straits Settlements or China
                    early 20th century

                    length: 25.3cm

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                    collected by Alwyn Sidney Haynes (1878-1963), and thence by descent. Haynes was a colonial administrator in Malaya and the Straits Settlements between 1901 and 1934. He held many posts including Acting British Resident, Pahang (1924); British Resident, Perak (1925); British Advisor, Kedah (1925); British Advisor, Kelantan (1930); and Acting Colonial Administrator, Straits Settlements (1933), after which he retired and returned to England, and lived near Stratford-upon-Avon, and then in Leamington Spa.  Haynes loaned some of the items he collected in Malaya to the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford in 1939. He was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1950.

                    4735

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                      Pair of Malay Carved Wooden Clogs

                      Malay People, Malaysia or Singapore
                      1800-1850

                      length: 25cm, width: 9cm, heights: 11.2cm

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                      UK art market

                      4950

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                        Pair of Indian Silver Anklets

                        Orissa, India
                        circa 1900

                        ength: 14cm, width: 9cm, combined weight: 245g

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                        Collection of the late Paul Walter, New York, probably acquired in London.

                        5038

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                          Pair of Colonial Carved Wooden, Iron & Leather Stirrups

                          Mexico or Chile
                          18th-19th century

                          height of wooden section of each stirrup: 25cm, width: 22cm, depth: 15.5cm, length of leather strap: 38cm

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                          UK art market

                          5004

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                            Pair of Miniature Brass Paduka Sandals for a Deity

                            Deccan, India
                            18th-19th century

                            length of each: 11.8cm, width: 7.3cm, height: 7cm, combined weights: 677g

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                            Collection of (the late) Paul Walter; probably acquired in London.

                            4752

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                              Woman’s Mother-of-Pearl & Bone Inlaid Wooden Stilted Clogs (Qabqab)

                              Ottoman Turkey
                              19th century

                              heights (without upper straps): 15.2cm, overall heights: 19.5cm, length: 23.2cm

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                              UK art market

                              5297

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                                Pair of Straits Chinese Embroidered & Couched Wedding Slippers

                                probably Malacca, Malay Peninsula
                                circa 1880

                                length: 21.4cm

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                                Provenance

                                collected by Alwyn Sidney Haynes (1878-1963).