Golf shoe belonging to Ethel Funches

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A right golf shoe worn by Ethel Funches. The shoe is off white and has some dirt stains on it. The quarter on either side of the laces has a decorative design stitched in black and tan threads. There are four (4) white eyelets on either quarter of the shoe. There are white laces going through the eyelets. The tongue of the shoe has thin vertical stripes cut through part of it and each stripe comes to a point at the top. On the bottom of the inside of the shoe there is faded green text which reads [GREENJOYS / by FootJoy (unreadable)]. There are some scuffs on the back of the shoe. There are four metal spikes on the bottom of the heel of the shoe and seven metal spikes on the bottom of the toes of the shoes. They have indented text on each of them with two small holes.

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