ID: 700008501 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008501	Record Type: Movable Work

Pair of shoes (Bitter Kola) (shoes (footwear); Clarkson, Sarah Bola (Sierra Leonean needleworker, active la...; ca. 1973; National Museum of African Art (Washington, DC, United State...; 2013-4-11)

Titles:

Pair of shoes (Bitter Kola) (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

shoes (footwear) [300046065] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Costume (hierarchy name), costume (mode of fashion), costume accessories, worn costume accessories, am Bein oder Fuß zu tragen Accessoire, footwear, <footwear by form>)

Classifications:

costume / clothing (preferred)

Creation Date: ca. 1973

Creator Display:

Clarkson, Sarah Bola (Sierra Leonean needleworker, active late 20th century) [preferred,VP]

artist Clarkson, Sarah Bola (Sierra Leonean needleworker, active late 20th century) [500356942]

Locations:

Creation: Freetown [7000380] Western Area (area), Sierra Leone (nation), Africa (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: National Museum of African Art (Washington, DC, United States) [500311458] Smithsonian Institution, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2013-4-11

Credit Line: Gift of Lucille M. Chaveas, wife of the U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone, 2001-2004

Display Materials: Cotton needlepoint canvas, wool, dye, leather

	needlepoint (needleworking) [300061985]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <processes and techniques by material>, textile processes and techniques, <textile working processes and techniques>, <needleworking and needleworking techniques>, needleworking (process))

	canvas (textile material) [300014078]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

	wool (textile) [300243430]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by composition or origin>)

	dye [300013029]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, colorant (material))

	leather [300011845]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, animal material, processed animal material)

	cotton (textile) [300014067]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by composition or origin>)

Dimensions: Each, 26.7 x 10.2 x 7.6 cm (10 1/2 x 4 x 3 in.)

Cultures:

Sierra Leonean (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Krio [300400907] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, African (general| continental cultures), <African by cultural or regional designation>, West African (general))

General Subject:

apparel (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	geometric motif [300009764]
	.....(Physical Attributes Facet, Design Elements (hierarchy name), design elements (attributes), motifs) (AAT)

Provenance: Family of Cloris Davis, Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1920s Lucille Chaveas, collected in Freetown, Sierra Leone, 2003 to 2013

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Pair of shoes (Bitter Kola)	........ [VP]
	........ National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-) accessed 13 May 2015

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-) accessed 13 May 2015