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Deutsch: Lotosfuß Schuhe, Children's Museum of Indianapolis.
English: Chinese shoes for bound feet, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis.
Date 1911
date QS:P571,+1911-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
institution QS:P195,Q1336277
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53.609.12AB
Notes Peoples of the Han nationality in China practiced the binding of women's feet, emulating the bud of a lotus flower. Source
References Lotus shoes: Artifacts of the Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Source/Photographer Own work Daniel Schwen, 2010-11-05

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