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Box NRI2/8/2/4/2

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Slippers for bound feet, c.1984

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Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/NRI2/8/2/4/2
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...
Dates: c.1984