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87/55-1 Slippers, pair, shellwork, maker uknown, made in La Perouse, New South Wales, Australia, 1945
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Object statement
Slippers, pair, shellwork, maker uknown, made in La Perouse, New South Wales, Australia, 1945
Production Notes include information about the design, manufacture and marketing of an object. Production notes
The slippers were made by an Indigenous Australian woman in La Perouse, New South Wales, Australia in 1945.

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Description
Slippers, pair, shellwork, maker uknown, made in La Perouse, New South Wales, Australia, 1945

Pair of cardboard slippers with inner sole, quarter and base decorated with shell grit. The vamp is decorated with various shells originally arranged as a flower with mica chips adhered to the surface with an orange-coloured paste. A green velveteen border has been pasted to the edge of the slippers.
Made: La Perouse, New South Wales; 1945
The Registration Number of an object is a unique identifying number applied by the museum at the point of acquisition. Current numbering format comprises the year of acquisition, followed by a sequential number. For example, '2007/45' is the Registration Number that represents the 45th acquisition in the year 2007. Registration number
87/55-1
Production date
1945
Height
40 mm
Width
55 mm
Depth
105 mm

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Acquisition credit line
Gift of Joan Roughsedge, 1987

This object record is currently incomplete. The information available may date back as far as 125 years. Other information may exist in a non-digital form. The Museum continues to update and add new research to collection records.
Subjects
+ Indigenous Australian design
+ Indigenous Australian art
+ Footwear
+ Shell work
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