E0901: India- Sandal

Ethnographic

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Identifier:

E0901

Classification Category:

3:Personal Artifacts ➞ Clothing ➞ Footwear

Marks/Labels:

Tag: "Hindu"

Materials:

animal ➔ hide/skin ➔ leather
metal

Dimensions:

21 cm L
95 cm W
7 cm H

Provenance of Object:

This object was held in the museum that Luther College started in 1877. This museum eventually grew into the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, and following this, non-Norwegian American ethnographic objects were returned to Luther and accessioned into the college’s Anthropology Collection. Without additional documentation, was likely obtained by the Luther College Museum (later the Norwegian-American Museum) between the late 19th century and early 20th century.

Source Locality:

India

Description:

One Hindi sandal. Two pieces of leather sewn together with additional strips of leather attached to form sole.

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