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1950s vintage box for handmade prayer shoes (mest)
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bags & packages
In the Mevlana Sufism capital Konya, Turkey, the shoemaker Armutçu manufactures prayer shoes (mest) in second generation. In the little workshop he still keeps the boxes his father used. See also this entry for an example of gendered prayer shoes from the same workshop.
- Uploaded by : Alina Kokoschka| © Alina Kokoschka
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- Date : 15/03/2018
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