Title
Wedding slippers
Year/Period
Early 20th century
Region
Manado, Indonesian Archipelago
Object Type
Dimension
Unknown Type: Please refer to parts
Accession No.
2009-02891
Collection of
This is a pair of embroidered wedding slippers. Gold and silver threads, sequins and appliquéd silver ornaments are used here to form the decorative motifs. Such slippers were usually embroidered by the bride to be herself. These would form part of her bridal trousseau, and she would have up to 12 pairs of such slippers or shoes, one for each day of the 12 day long marriage ceremonies during which a specific rite was performed each day. She would also prepare a pair for her husband to be.
