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Ida ou Nadif
Anti-Atlas Mountains region, Morocco

Pair of Shoes, Early 20th century

Leather; shoe stitched with cotton and silk; trimmed with wool, plain weave; embroidered with silk, cotton and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in satin and stem stitches; couching; silk and cotton wrapped cut tassels
a: 24.5 x 26.4 x 12 cm (9 5/8 x 10 3/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
b: 24.4 x 25.5 x 11.9 cm (9 5/8 x 10 x 4 3/4 in.)
Edward E. Ayer Endowment in memory of Charles L. Hutchinson, 2002.270a-b