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Description: | A heathen priest walked 180 miles on a pair of these spiked shoes to propitiate his god.
C.M.S Exhibition, Fakir's Torture Shoe. India.
Fakir's shoe worn by a priest, consisting of a wooden sole, partly covered with iron spikes or nails and a carved toe-peg.
label: orange, oval Church Missionary Society Exhibition label
caption: Top view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 6.12.65/714ii
caption: Bottom view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 6.12.65/714ii | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | wood iron alloy shoes (clothing: footwear) iron | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-44937 | Go to resource |
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