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Man's bootsoblique

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  • Man's boots (oblique)
  • Man's boots (front)
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Man's boots

  • Description

    In the winter of 1868/69 the tea planter and explorer Robert Shaw travelled from northern India to Eastern Turkestan (now Xinjian, China). His journey was partly to help British India’s secret service in the exploration of Central Asia which was politically and geographically contested by the British Empire and Russia.

    Shaw was the first Englishman to visit Yarkand and Kashgar, and he related his adventures in his book Visits to High Tartary, Yarkand, and Kashgar. He described the splendid clothes he encountered and mentioned on several occasions receiving gifts of coats and other garments.

    The finest of these were presented by Yakub Beg, then ruler of Kashgar. Shaw’s detailed description makes the collection of Central Asian ikat garments one of the best recorded.

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    Associated place
    Asia › China › Xinjiang › Kashgar (possible place of creation)
    Asia › China › Xinjiang › Yarkand (possible place of creation)
    Date
    1801 - 1869
    Associated people
    possibly Robert Shaw (1839 - 1879) (owner)
    Material and technique
    leather, with decoration in leather, metal thread and cotton
    Dimensions
    left boot 20 x 29 x 15 cm max. (height x width x depth)
    right boot 20 x 29 x 13 cm max. (height x width x depth)
    Material index
    processed material › leather,
    processed material › metal,
    organic › vegetal › fibre › cotton,
    processed material › textile › cotton
    Object type index
    clothing › foot-wear › boot
    No. of items
    2
    Accession no.
    EAX.7194

Location

    • currently in research collection

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