lucky charms; shoes (clothing: footwear)

Lucky charm in the form of a pink, carved stone shoes with upturned, round toes. Decorated with incised floral motifs on sides and a character on base.

'Xie' means shoe in Chinese, and is pronounced similarly to the word for evil spirit. Carved miniature stone shoes were given to young children to ward off evil spirits.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn3610.2
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 88 mm x 22 mm x 23 mm; overall: 57 g
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
stone
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
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