From the press release:
Temporary Closing of Here, Now and Always
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Basketry Sandal, 1000 BC – AD 500, Artist Unknown, Ancestral Pueblo
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology, 53779/11
Photography by Addison Doty
The maker of this yucca-twined sandal dyed particular sections of their warps blue and red, creating striped and triangular decorative motifs alongside leather fringe. The shoe’s silhouette style, with a square toe and heel, is characteristic of the Basketmaker Period, and the worn-out heel suggests that this piece and its pair were well-loved by their owner.
Credit: Addison Doty
Note: Representative image at left is often cropped for display purposes. Downloaded high-resolution images are not cropped.
