Pair of Boots and Toe Caps
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Leather and pigskin cowboy boots, with steel and brass toe caps.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 4 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Leather and pigskin, steel and brass |
| Brief description | Boots, leather and pigskin cowboy boots, La Gran Bota, Mexico, 1940s; Toe caps, steel and brass, United States, 1990s |
| Physical description | Leather and pigskin cowboy boots, with steel and brass toe caps. |
| Object history | Registered File number 1993/2054, Streetstyle exhibition 1994-1995, in the exhibition it was part of an outfit called 'Cowboy and Western USA - Late 1940s' (includes the Western suit, jacket T.606-1993 and trousers T.607-1993, the shirt T.608-1993 and collar tips T.610-1993, the tie T.609-1993 and the hat T.611-1993). Part of a Western-style outfit that would have been worn as an evening outfit in America, and was displayed in the Street Style Exhibition of 1996 as a Cowboy and Western Revival outfit. The boots are original 1940s boots with replica toe-caps. |
| Bibliographic reference | Surfers, Soulies, Skinheads & Skaters : Subcultural Style from the Forties to the Nineties
Described in the exhibition publication, part of an outfit called 'Cowboy and Western USA - Late 1940s'. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.612:1, 2 and 613:1, 2-1993 |
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| Record created | November 22, 2010 |
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