Lucky shoe wooden snuff box [.1], with a sliding wooden lid [.2] Decorated with incised designs and inlaid red and green pigment. [SM 20/01/2011]

Collection type: Object
Description: Lucky shoe wooden snuff box [.1], with a sliding wooden lid [.2] Decorated with incised designs and inlaid red and green pigment. [SM 20/01/2011]
Long description: Lucky shoe wooden snuff box [.1], with a sliding wooden lid [.2] Decorated with incised designs and inlaid red and green pigment. The front of the shoe is decorated with an incised heart that is inlaid with green and red pigment. The body of the shoe is decorated with carved and incised triangular and linear designs. The detachable lid has a geometric design carved and incised into it and part of this is also inlaid with red and green pigment. The top of the shoe has 'runners' for the sliding lid. These have been secured in places with metal nails. [SM 20/01/2011]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England London
Cultural groups: English
Person: Field collector Edward Lovett; PRM source Wellcome Institute; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1916
Date collected: By 1916
Acquisition information: Transferred: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Material Metal, Process Carved, Process Incised, Process Inlaid, Process Nailed
Dimensions: Width: max 22 mm, Length: max 135 mm, Length x Width: max 28 x 71 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.51.139.1 Accession number: 1985.51.139.2 Other numbers: R 10764/ 1936 R 9607

Search terms: Religion, Clothing Footgear, Box, Amulet, Shoe, Snuff Accessory

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