The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sandals

Period:: New Kingdom
Dynasty:: Dynasty 18
Reign:: reign of Thutmose III
Date:: ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
Geography:: Country of Origin Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Tomb of the 3 Foreign Wives of Thutmose III, Wadi D, Tomb 1
Medium:: Gold
Dimensions:: L. 25.5 cm (10 1/16 in); w. 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in); w. at heel 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in)
Credit Line:: Fletcher Fund, 1926
Accession Number:: 26.8.146a, b

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 118

Description

These sandals were part of the funerary equipment belonging to one of three foreign wives of Thutmose III. They are made of thin sheet gold that would not have withstood normal wear; they were intended for funerary use only. The sandals are decorated with details intended to imitate the decoration on leather sandals.
Provenance

Purchased in Luxor with other objects presumed to be from western Thebes, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Tomb 1, 1919-1920.
See also
What
Metal (59,369)

Costume (41,681)

Gold (12,457)

Footwear (2,767)

Sandals (239)
Where
Africa (33,501)

Egypt (29,889)

Upper Egypt (13,662)

Thebes (10,570)
When
2000-1000 B.C. (18,709)
In the Museum
Egyptian Art (26,254)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Egypt, 2000–1000 B.C.