Base for a sandal (mtalawanda / mtawanda) or Clog (kiatu cha mti)
c 1800s
Maker Unknown
African Art
Base for a sandal (mtalawanda / mtawanda) or Clog (kiatu cha mti), c 1800s. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, unidentified carver. Wood; overall: 6 x 10.2 cm (2 3/8 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund 1929.566.1.a This distinctive footwear traveled from from Southeast Asia and the Middle East to Africa, first to the Swahili Coast and then further inland to parts of Central Africa. The deity Krishna wears similar shoes (paduka) in an eighteenth-century Indian miniature painting (2003.344).
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Garment
- Formatted Medium
- Wood
- Medium
- wood
- Dimensions
- Overall: 6 x 10.2 cm (2 3/8 x 4 in.)
- Departments
- African Art
- Accession Number
- 1929.566.1.a
- Credit Line
- Educational Purchase Fund
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 108A Sub-Saharan
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