Sandal

P136B

From: Borneo | Dutch East Borneo | Klinjau River | Long Nah

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P136B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Madang
Provenience Borneo | Dutch East Borneo | Klinjau River | Long Nah
Section Oceanian
Materials Peel | Plant Fiber
Description

Sandal (right) woven of wide strips of rattan peel. Broad in front, narrow at heel, with long bindings of rattan peel threaded through at heel and ball of foot. Bindings broken. Used in hunting.

Length 23.5 cm
Width 12.5 cm
Thickness 4.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899

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