Pair of thick-soled leather sandals with decorative leather buttons

Made:
1830-1920
Pair of thick-soled leather sandals with decorative leather

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Pair of thick-soled leather sandals with decorative leather
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Pair of thick-soled leather sandals with decorative leather buttons, worn to protect feet from pests, Sierra Leone, West Africa, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A301719
Materials:
leather and grass
Measurements:
length 240 mm
leather band flattened: width 114 mm
top button to base of sole: depth 44 mm
second sandal: length 250 mm
depth 44 mm
width 116 mm
type:
sandals
credit:
Church Missionary Society

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