Sandals (pair)

Museum number:
5-16712a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210516712a@2cb
Alternate number:
516712
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
leather sandals, leather sole and insole joined with staples and nails. toe piece of woven leather attached at 3cm from top. 11.5cm from top. soles decorated with stamped design of circles containing a checkerboard pattern. 1 sandal has a heavy paper layer between the sole and insole. Conservation: Some staples and nails are missing; sole and insole separating.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
W. Africa, Nigeria
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Leather and Metal
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sandals
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
Clothing
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 26.3 centimeters and width 8.7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Sandals (pair), accession number 5-16712a,b, described as leather sandals, leather sole and insole joined with staples and nails. toe piece of woven leather attached at 3cm from top. 11.5cm from top. soles decorated with stamped design of circles containing a checkerboard pattern. 1 sandal has a heavy paper layer between the sole and insole. Conservation: Some staples and nails are missing; sole and insole separating.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Sandals (pair), accession number 5-16712a,b, described as leather sandals, leather sole and insole joined with staples and nails. toe piece of woven leather attached at 3cm from top. 11.5cm from top. soles decorated with stamped design of circles containing a checkerboard pattern. 1 sandal has a heavy paper layer between the sole and insole. Conservation: Some staples and nails are missing; sole and insole separating.

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