Sandal, child's

Description

One of a pair of leather sandals for a child: Ancient Egyptian, from Der el Hammalin (?), probably Coptic Period

Museum reference

A.1911.271

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Sandal, child's

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

395 - 640

Style / Culture

Coptic Period, Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Leather

Physical description

Leather

Collection place(s)

Der el Hammalin, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Hilton Price Collection
Collector: Hilton Price, Frederick George, 1842 - 1909

Exhibitions

• Egyptian Gallery, 2003 - 2008 (2003 - 2008)
  Royal Scottish Museum

• Ancient Egypt (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

1897. A Catalogue of the Egyptian Antiquities in the Collection of F. G. Hilton Price, Dir.S.A. London: Bernard Quaritch, p. 14 (no. 90)

Veldmeijer, A. J. (2012) Sandals, Shoes and Other Leatherwork from the Coptic Monastery Deir el-Bachit, pp. 24-5, fig. 16, 52 n. 39.