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Description: | 'Xie' means shoe in Chinese, and is pronounced similarly to the word for evil spirit. Carved miniature stone shoes were given to young children to ward off evil spirits.
Lucky charm in the form of a pair of carved stone shoes with upturned, round toes. They are decorated with incised floral motifs on the sides.
caption: General view of object no. nn3610. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | Children's costume lucky charms Charms stone Shoes Carving shoes (clothing: footwear) Health and Healing | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-107490 | Go to resource |
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