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LicensePair of fakir's sandals
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Pair of fakir's sandals
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Pair of fakir's sandals
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Pair of fakir's sandals, with iron spikes through soles and wooden toe pegs, Indian, 1871-1920
Studded with nails, these sandals were worn by a fakir, a Muslim or Hindu religious figure in India who lives solely off donations and leads a life of fasting, prayer and abstinence. The sandals are worn to show the power of the fakir’s spirit to conquer physical pain. By overcoming the sensation of pain, through many years of practice, fakirs hope to achieve spiritual enlightenment.
Details
- Category:
- Asian Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A23375
- Materials:
- wood and spikes, iron
- type:
- sandals
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
