Tools for Binding Feet

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Title Tools for Binding Feet
Location Country China
Style Period 19th Century Material Culture; 20th Century Material Culture
Description clockwise from left: rolls of binding cloths, in white and dyed colors (20th Century CE), jar of medicinal foot powder (assembled in contemporary Taiwan using an ancient recipe, 20th Century CE), bamboo cage for fuming binding cloth (19th Century CE), sewing scissors (19th Century CE), box of fragrant foot powder sold in emporiums (early 20th Century CE)
Subject Costumes and Textiles; Asian Art
Creation Date 19th Century CE, 20th Century CE
Form objects
Source Every Step a Lotus: Shoes for Bound Feet, by Dorothy Ko. University of California Press, Berkeley, 2001.
Work ID 20736
Rights Digital Image Copyright University of Utah
ARK ark:/87278/s6kq1f7x
Setname uu_aah_art
ID 46581
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6kq1f7x
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