https://padlet.com/m_pieper/uu5pfwzef4zq Shoes can be forgotten in many ways, but these shoes are forgotten in our Western world. Why? Well….. we never wear and have never worn them. These shoes are from other, non-western cultures. We forget and forgot that there are many cultures with quite different shoes from ours. Sometimes they are from a long time ago, but often also quite recent. Try to compare the shoes with ours: Are they very different or similar ? en-us 2018-08-06 09:56:24 UTC 2024-05-28 01:36:28 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Templeball.png m_pieper https://padlet.com/m_pieper/uu5pfwzef4zq/wish/272064031 High Shoes, made of goatskin, 1970 or earlier.

The shoes are from the region Nuristan in the eastern part of Afghanistan, a very  wild, mountainous area. 

The people that wear/wore these shoes, are woodworkers and poor.

]]> 2018-08-06 10:50:53 UTC https://padlet.com/m_pieper/uu5pfwzef4zq/wish/272064031 m_pieper https://padlet.com/m_pieper/uu5pfwzef4zq/wish/272064110 Object:
 A high shoe 

Age: 
At least 45 years, probably older  

Maker: 
Unknown, from the region Nuristan, Afghanistan 

Material: 
Leather, goatskin. 
Stiches and laces are also of goatskin. 

Details: 
* High right shoe. 
* Dimensions: 25 cm long; 9cm and 5 cm width (toes/heel) ; 19 cm height.  
* Colour: almost completely disappeared, probably red 
* Form: More or less oval, but in the heel narrower than at the nose of the shoe. 
 * On the front side the shoe is open (maximum 1 cm) from the ankle upwards. 
 * One flat leather lace around the ankle to tighten. Very small laces on top of the foot from the toes (middle) to the ankle. 
 * There are 2 soles, that fit together. The outside sole is in 2 parts: a front and a back part.  

Damage: 
* A lot of signs of wear. 
* The leather is dehydrated and wrinkled. 
* The sole is partly worn out 

Accession number: 
1975. 08. MP 

Investigation: 
* I searched online to found more information about this shoe:  I found a similar shoe in the online libraby of the National Museum of World Cultures (Netherlands) . 
* I examined and measured the shoe. 

Condition: 
*Poor 
 
Areas of loss:
The small laces are broken near the ankle (2 cm) 

]]> 2018-08-06 10:52:42 UTC https://padlet.com/m_pieper/uu5pfwzef4zq/wish/272064110 m_pieper https://padlet.com/m_pieper/uu5pfwzef4zq/wish/272064510 West – Africa, Ghana, Ashanti region. 
Before the year 2000.

Sandals for the king, made of leather, textile and iron. 

A king always wears sandals, to prevent that his foot get dirty or get injured. But most important: it is a sign of his royal status.

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