Shoes

anonymous, c. 1590 - c. 1596

Various stray shoes were found on Nova Zembla. They were clearly not designed to withstand freezing temperatures. The stranded men soon replaced them with homemade fox-fur footwear.

  • Artwork typeshoe
  • Object numberNG-NM-9461
  • Dimensionsheight 7.1 cm x length 26 cm x width 14.7 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Shoes

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-NM-9461

  • Description

    Linkerschoen maat 38, randgenaaid, zonder sluiting. Het voorblad van de schoen is versierd met een rij korte, diagonale insneden over de wreef.

Creation

  • Creation

    anonymous

  • Dating

    c. 1590 - c. 1596

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 7.1 cm x length 26 cm x width 14.7 cm

This work is about

  • Person

  • Subject

  • Place

  • Period

    1596 - 1597

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