Image No. cn00161

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