Survivor: Much Worn, Much Mended, Embroidered Antique Red Leather Doll/Child Lace Up Shoe vintage native mask with the great advertising text

with the great advertising text executed by hand

I think they are just fantastic without them

My personal favorite view though is from the backside

Photos don't convey the radiance of the midnight blue on this old metal sign

including figures

Survivor: Much Worn, Much Mended, Embroidered Antique Red Leather Doll/Child Lace Up Shoe vintage native mask with the great advertising textI had to rescue this one, long ago having lost its mate, which I have to guess deteriorated to the point of no return! This soft leather bootie was mended and mended and mended again, with the combination of its original construction, black hand embroidered details along the front, and all the hand stitched mends in black and brown thread yielding what feels to me quite a singular and poignent object. I might hang it on the wall (or rear view mirror!)