Pair of Sandals
This well-made pair of palm-leaf sandals for an infant is similar in style (with a thong emerging between the big and second toes and an ankle strap) to forty-one single sandals and two pairs found at Kellis (modern Ismant al-Kharab) in Dakhla Oasis, though the Museum’s pair has pointed rather than square toes. Palm footwear was traditional in Egypt, and palm-leaf soles, such as those seen here, are frequently seen on children’s and smaller-sized adult sandals.
Artwork Details
- Title: Pair of Sandals
- Date: 4th–7th century
- Geography: Made in Kharga Oasis, Byzantine Egypt
- Culture: Coptic
- Medium: Palm leaf with the inner sole made of strips, the lower sole in basket weave, and the straps plaited
- Dimensions: Overall: 1 5/8 x 2 1/16 x 5 3/8in. (4.2 x 5.3 x 13.6cm)
a: 1 5/8 x 2 1/16 x 5 3/8in. (4.2 x 5.3 x 13.6cm)
b: 1 9/16 x 2 1/16 x 5 3/16in. (4 x 5.3 x 13.2cm) - Classification: Miscellaneous
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1931
- Object Number: 31.8.28a, b
- Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters
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4th century
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4th–7th century
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