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Image No. cn00161



Un pied de Chinoise  [A Chinese woman’s foot]


Un pied de Chinoise  [A Chinese woman’s foot]

Postcard Data

Size: 78x140mm
Caption: Un pied de Chinoise [A Chinese woman’s foot]

Publisher:
Publisher's Reference: 217

Stamp: Indochine française

Printing Technique: Phototype
Color Nature: B&W

Printer:


Image Data

Image Nature: Photograph
Creation: -1907 (Certain)
Creation Place: (Possible)

Topic: A Chinese woman’s bound foot (naked)

Action: Trouser leg and naked foot showing the deformity caused by bandaging since childhood, next to an embroidered shoe showing the foot’s actual size

Image Particulars: The woman is probably a Chinese in Indochina. / Bound feet were a strong Western fantasy about China


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