Slippers for bound feet, c.1984

File

Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/NRI2/8/2/4/2

Citation

Scope and Contents

The cardboard box contains 4 fabric slippers in a plastic bag and 3 paper notes. The inscription on two notes (probably in Joyce Engel-Cowper’s handwriting) read:

'From the collection of Dr D. Engel A pair of Chinese slippers for a woman with bound feet - bought in the market'

And:

'From the collection of Dr. D. Engel A pair of Chinese slippers presented by a Chinese gentleman (see p.184 of Dr. Engel’s memoirs - “pages from a surgeon’s diary”'

The third note is a typed summary of this information.

Dates

Creation: c.1984

Conditions Governing Access

From the Management Group:

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Extent

8 object(s) : Paper, plastic and fabric.

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

From Joyce Engel-Cowper, sometime around or not long after 1984 (the date of the publication of Dr Dezsö Engel’s book 'Pages from a Surgeon’s Diary' [Jerusalem: Oisber and Sons, 1984]).