- Object name(s):
- shoe; elephant's shoe
- Brief description:
- sole of the shoe made to protect the feet of elephants in circuses and menageries travelling between towns. Scratched onto the base THE SOLE'OF BOOT/ ? ELEPHANT/ ON FOOT/ IN CORNWALL
- Collection:
- Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery
- Acquisition method:
- untraced find
- Acquisition note:
- unknown
- Associated concept:
- SOCIAL HISTORY
- Completeness:
- sole only, leather dirty and dry
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension:
- length
- Dimension value:
- 455 mm
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension value:
- 375 mm
- Number of objects:
- one
- Object name:
- shoe; elephant's shoe
- Object number:
- TRURI : 1400.1036
- Object production person:
- Cook, E.T., Mr
- Person's association:
- saddler
- Object production place:
- Cornwall
- Place status:
- County
- Object production place:
- England
- Place status:
- Country
- Object production place:
- Helston
- Technique:
- made
- Use begin date:
- 15.7.2010
- Use end date:
- 9.2010
- Use organiser:
- Royal Institution of Cornwall
- Use title:
- Truro Uncovered
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ef685fc3-0de5-368d-80cb-b74db7c4a867
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ef685fc3-0de5-368d-80cb-b74db7c4a867, Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery, CC BY-NC
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