Beaded slipper faces with cuboid pattern

Title
Beaded slipper faces with cuboid pattern
Year/Period
Early 20th century
Region
Singapore
Object Type
handkerchiefs, patterns and templates
Material
glass (material), cloth
Technique
beading (process), sewing (needleworking technique)
Dimension
Object size: Dimensions Varies. Please refer to individual parts
Accession No.
2019-00603
Collection of
Peranakan Museum
Credit Line
Gift of the Lim Family in memory of Edna Chong Kim Neo

Decorated with an abstract cuboid pattern, these beaded panels would have been interlaced to form vamps for a pair of slippers. Such footwear was known as kasot pinta, or twist slippers. Its popularity began in the 1950s following on from the introduction of open-toe slippers. This was made by Chong Kim Neo (1916-1972), who made beaded slippers and garments from her home as she did not own a shop.