Vintage Korean Traditional Rubber Shoes GoMuShin Colorful 50's ~ 60's "BOK" happiness. Baby shoes probably worn on few occasions only.

These are very nice example of older Gomushin rubber shoes that was very popular post Japanese occupation 1910 ~ 1945. Gomushin first appeared in the early 1900 but were banned by the Japanese during an occupation and became legal in 1946. These shoes replaced GatShin (straw shoes) and gained popularity into an early 1980's.

 

These pair were probably worn very little or not at all post Korean War. Rubber is pretty soft but you can see some cracking inside of the shoe so handle with care.

The label inside of shoe reads Arirang Daedukfomue (name of rubber manufacturer) and Galmaeki (Brand name) with shoe size and cost of 50 won (about 50 cents). I think these were sold between 1950's to 1960's. Kept in storage for over 50 years. 

Age: Post 1950's to 1960's.

Provenance: Private collection from South Korea, brought with us in 1980.

This item was stored in a storage since early 1980 so they are not always in clean. It's been collecting dust but I did clean up as much as possible without damaging the item. 

Item is in good condition overall with wear, mold, cracks, splitting, loss of leather, loss of fabric, tear, discoloration, smudges. 

Please see photos as part of description.

Dimensions: 6"L

Weights approximately: under 1LB

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