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Description: | On AGM list, in his handwriting: "Leather sandals (pair) nailed together. Red leather green stitched decoration". SNFP. These sandals are said to have been used for divination by Moji Adega, a Yoruba living in Nottingham. The sole is composed of several layers bound with a green coloured thong. Pair fastened together with leather tags through holes in the perimeter of the sole. The surface layer has brown and blue colour with an additional woven decoration in thin strips of green and brown leather. The tag under the knob joining the cross straps in circular and coloured green, and some of the little leather bobbles have lost their green colouration.
Accession number: NCM 1992-602/44 | Subjects: | AFRICAN costume NIGERIAN | Temporal: | 1800-1878? | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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