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Tan pumps with gold edged toe ornament

ca. 1970

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Tan pumps (a,b) with gold edged toe ornaments. The shoes feature a rounded toe and a low heel and the outside is composed of two pieces of tan vinyl seamed together the inside arch and at the center back seam. There is a decorative faux gold metal trapezoid plate at each toe and it has a tan vinyl insert on top. Two metal loops are on the back of the decorative plate in which a band of elastic is run through, connecting it to the toe box of the show. A band of elastic is run along the edge of the topline and has been machine stitched into place. Each shoe has a leather exterior sole and a low block heel with a rubber heel cap that has been nailed into place. [NEOLITE] is branded on each heel cap.

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Catalog reference: 2007.3.709ab

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