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Object Number
975-32-50/11917
Display Title
Pair sandals
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Imerkeden
Object Description
Pair sandals ("imerkeden"), flat, leather with stitched design, almost rectangular in shape. Never made by professional craftsmen but are manufactured in Tuareg camps by vassal women who use the large awl for sewing sandals, made from several layers of tanned skin of sheep and goats, or oxen, sewn together with leather thread.
Inventory Description
Sandals, hide, rectangular, tapering midway, stitched hide deco, leather thong
Classification
- Sandal
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Tuareg
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Algeria
Additional Geographic Terms
Sahara region
Materials
Hide, Leather
Dimensions
Overall: 26 x 13 x 1.8 cm (10 1/4 x 5 1/8 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
975-32-50/11917
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 975-32-50/11915A | 1 pair sandals, large round, leather with painted and stitched decoration, remn |
Sandal
|
Algeria
| |
| 975-32-50/11914 | Pair of sandals |
Sandal
|
Algeria
| |
| 975-32-50/11915B | 1 pair sandals, large round, leather with painted and stitched decoration, remn |
Sandal
|
Algeria
| |
| 48-22-50/7263 | Pair of leather sandals |
Sandal
|
Sudan
| |
| 20-33-60/D1381 | Pair of sandals |
Sandal
|
Damascus
| |
| 21-41-60/D1650 | Pair woman's sandals |
Sandal
|
Burma
| |
| 61-32-50/10451 | Pair of leather sandals |
Sandal
|
Africa
| |
| 48-40-30/6997 | Pair of sandals called jota, made of ox-hide with modern steel knife + |
Raw Material
Sandal |
Chile
| |
| 32-30-30/56 | Sandal pair, leather, child's |
Sandal
Raw Material |
Nazca
| |
| 88-51-10/50684 | Leather sandals, pair. |
Sandal
|
Arizona
| |
| 53-14-50/9658 | Sandals, local manufacture, made of leather for mountain tribes, very old form ( |
Sandal
|
Algeria
| |
| 83-4-20/30382 | Sandals |
Sandal
|
Mexico
|