Footbinding

Photo of Chinese woman with bound feet

Bound feet of several wealthy Chinese women

Chinese woman with bound feet

Mother & daughter compare the size of the feet

Size comparison: regular size man's shoe, woman's bound feet & a teacup

Chinese woman from Shanghai 1900 shows her bound feet

Feet of the woman from Shanghai unwrapped and shown next to the foot of a typical woman with unbound feet.

typical bound foot. The toes have been wrapped so completely under the foot that they are visible on the opposite side

Another woman bares her feet

close up of the prior woman's feet.

Chinese woman with bound feet compared with another woman's unbound feet (she turned one foot so that the side view could be seen

Not just in China. This woman is from Toronto.

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Example of shoes, for women whose feet were not bound, designed to help them walk like women with bound feet.