- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Sand socks, dark brown in colour. Looped with a needle. Braided (to tie sock on foot). These are worn by bedu in the sands for protection. [RJ 16/2/2003]
- Cultural groups
- Wahiba
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 17/02/1985-18/02/1985
- Date collected
- 17/18 Febraury 1985
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 2003
- Materials and processes
- Material Sheep Hair (Wool) Animal, Process Looped, Process Braided
- Dimensions
- Height 110 mm, Width 90 mm at toes, Length 270 mm foot
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 2003.9.134.1 Other numbers: Field collector's catalogue number: Textile 208a
- Research and responses
Extract from 'Traditional Spinning and Weaving in the Sultanate of Oman' by Gigi Crocker Jones, published by The Historical Association of Oman, March 1989. On sand socks, pg 63: 'Sandsocks: Sandsocks were worn by desert dwellers for generations in the sadns of Oman to protect the feet from the burning sands in the summertime, and from scorpion and lizards. They are still made in the Sharqiya by bedu men and women, but not any more near the Empty Quarter. These socks are looped with a needle and made of sheep wool. Some are reinforced with an extra sole and heel of goat hair and others are made of acrylic yarn and have a striped pattern.' [RJ 14/1/2003]
Search terms: Clothing Footgear, Sock
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