Shoes

MOA: University of British Columbia

3052/24 a-b

Pair of leather shoes (part of a girl’s costume with 3052/18-23). The shoes are light weight and close fitting, toes curling up slightly, with two straps across the top that are secured with brass buckles. The leather is a light tan in colour, its surface partially covered with small, circular motifs burned into the leather. The shoe base is a continuation of the upper, with no added sole.

  • Narrative

    Early 20th century Hutsul style girl's costume, of the village of Kosmach, in the Kosiv district, in the Ivano Frankivsk region, Ukraine.


  • Type of Item shoe
  • Culture Ukrainian
  • Material leather skin, brass metal
  • Measurements height 7.0 cm, width 8.5 cm, depth 26.0 cm (part a) height 7.0 cm, width 8.5 cm, depth 26.5 cm (part b)

  • Previous Owner Yaroslava Gloria Tatarniuk
  • Received from Yaroslava Gloria Tatarniuk

  • Made in Ukraine

  • Ownership Date before March 13, 2014
  • Acquisition Date on March 13, 2014

  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3052/0024 a-b