Sandals stained black and red brown

Collection type: Object
Description: Sandals stained black and red brown
Long description: Sandals stained black and red brown with a toe strap fastened to a band crossing over the foot with the ends sewn down between the sole leather through a slit in the top layer. The sole is elaborately decorated with white green and yellow narrow strips of paper and the band has many metal studs a knot of piece cotton and a triangular piece of leather stitched on in the centre
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria; Northern Nigeria
Cultural groups: Hausa
Person: Field collector E.F. Martin; PRM source E.F. Martin
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1904
Date collected: Before 1904
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1904
Materials and processes: Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Paper Plant, Material Pigment, Material Metal, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Process Stained, Process Stitched, Process Woven
Dimensions: Length 325 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1904.54.18

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