A leather sandal (Left hand shoe of a pair, see 1902.53.34.b). Narrow leather sole, with pointed toe, and leather tooling to the upper part of the sole with what appears to be geometric designs? The sole is mad up of two (maybe three) pieces of sandwiched together, and stitched together at the edge with leather thread. Rolled leather strap (originally rising from both sides of the sole, near the heel) rising from the right hand side of the sole, and twisting with a piece of the left hand near the centre front of the shoe. It would originally have been stitched through the front of the sole, but it has broken off. However remains of the strap are still piercing the centre front of the sole. The leather is dry and encrusted with There is a small hole near the back of the heel, and a piece of corroded copper alloy sticking up in the middle of the sole. The sandal is very narrow by today’s standard, and too long to have fitted a child?
Colour: brown