Leather shoes with large decorative tongue and which continues round the sides and joins down the back of the heel. [SM (Verve) 25/03/2014]

Collection type: Object
Description: Leather shoes with large decorative tongue and which continues round the sides and joins down the back of the heel. [SM (Verve) 25/03/2014]
Long description: Leather shoes with a hide sole which is lined with leather. The uppers consist of a small toe cap stitched to the toe upper which has a large decorative tongue and which continues round the sides and joins down the back of the heel. There is a small tongue at the back of the heel and the whole edge is bound in black which continues down the seam at the back of the heel. The tongue has a raised decoration down the centre and a row of wool work along the top [SM (Verve) 25/03/2014]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria; Nupe
Cultural groups: Nupe
Person: Field collector Cecil Buckley Morgan; PRM source Cecil Buckley Morgan; PRM source Donald Gunn
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1908
Date collected: By 1908
Acquisition information: Donated: 1908
Materials and processes: Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Animal Hide Skin, Material Wool Yarn Animal, Material Pigment, Process Stitched, Process Bound, Process Dyed, Process Impressed, Process Stamped
Dimensions: Length: max 121 mm, Width: max 124 mm, Length: max 262 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1908.20.4.1 Accession number: 1908.20.4.2

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