Museum object · Clothing - Fashion and Historical
Bronze metallic heel with striped mesh
1960s-1980s
Smithsonian NMAAHC collection
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A right bronze metallic heel with striped mesh. The shoe has a rounded toe box made of metallic vinyl. The edge of the toe box has a wing tip; the vamp is made of plastic net with metallic thread and vertical stripes. A quarter inch wide band of bronze metallic vinyl is sewn along the top edge of the vamp. The shoe has an ankle strap made of bronze metallic vinyl with a metal buckle on the outer edge of the shoe. The insole is made of gold vinyl. The outsole is made of brown leather; the heel of the shoe is covered in gold metallic vinyl. A rubber heel cap is on the bottom of the heel. A white paper sticker is on the ball of the shoe on the outsole. Handwritten text in blue ink on the sticker reads [183 / L Dom / H Cone / 3500].
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: 2007.3.1075
