Leather sandals
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Aug 2000
label: Collection Date
content: 1979
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Labelle Prussin
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Labelle Prussin
notes: label: Notes
content: Thong sandals. Hard leather soles. Straps are leather with a band of grasses and leather woven in twill pattern. Each sandal has one large round button where the straps meet. The button is leather with woven designs, similar to the straps.
label: Notes
content: Donor's notes describe this as a "pair of leather sandals (pettuwal or dyulu fila) with hatumere design on the buttons". She says they were made by Fulani (Peul) leatherworkers who speak both Manding and Fulani (Peul) . These were made for her at Koin, Guinea [in] 1979, and were worn by her during her 1979-80 fieldwork there.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Jan 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Koin, Futa Djallon, Guinea, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fulani
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2011246
label: USNM Number
content: E431663-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sandal
physicalDescription: label: Length - Left
content: 26 cm
label: Width - Left
content: 11 cm
label: Height - Left
content: 5 cm
label: Length - Right
content: 25.5 cm
label: Width - Right
content: 10.5 cm
label: Height - Right
content: 5 cm