#11 Detail of 15cm elaborate and costly mati xie or ‘horse-hoof shoes’ worn on formal occasions by Cixi, 1900

Detail of 15cm elaborate and costly mati xie or ‘horse-hoof shoes’ worn on formal occasions by Cixi, 1900

Bound Feet: Horrible Body Modification that Chinese Women Practiced for One Thousand years

#11 Detail of 15cm elaborate and costly mati xie or ‘horse-hoof shoes’ worn on formal occasions by Cixi, 1900

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