Pair of leather sandals with a twisted thong toe strap, attached to a band crossing over the foot with the ends sewn down through a slit at the instep between the sole layers of which there are several. A large button of woven cane and black thongs in a zigzag pattern, is sewn to the band where it is twisted round the toe strap.

Collection type: Object
Description: Pair of leather sandals with a twisted thong toe strap, attached to a band crossing over the foot with the ends sewn down through a slit at the instep between the sole layers of which there are several. A large button of woven cane and black thongs in a zigzag pattern, is sewn to the band where it is twisted round the toe strap.
Geographical reference: Sierra Leone
Africa > Western Africa > Sierra Leone
Cultural groups: Mandinka
Person: Field collector John Smalman Smith; PRM source Sarah Sophia Smalman Smith
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1913
Date collected: By 1913
Acquisition information: Donated: 1913
Materials and processes: Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Cane Plant, Process Stitched, Process Basketry
Dimensions: Length 245 mm smaller sandal, Length 250 mm larger sandal
Object numbers: Accession number: 1913.48.61.1-2

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