Sandal

P136A

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

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P136A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Madang
Provenience Borneo | Dutch East Borneo | Klinjau River | Long Nah
Section Oceanian
Materials Peel | Plant Fiber
Description

Sandal (left) 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. Used in hunting.

Length 26 cm
Width 11 cm
Thickness 5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899

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