- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Slipper, sole of four layers of hide, uppers of red leather with black dyed pattern, and elastic added to fastening. [FB 21/11/2016]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Hausa
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1909
- Date collected
- 1909 - 1920
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1966
- Materials and processes
- Material Animal Hide Skin, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Pigment, Material Synthetic, Process Dyed, Process Stitched
- Dimensions
- Width: max 125 mm, Length: max 275 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1966.16.46.2
Search terms: Clothing Footgear, Shoe
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