Native American, North America, New Mexico, ca. 1 to 500 CE. A wonderful display of five hand-woven sandals made from leaves of the desert yucca plant. Yucca leaves were used either whole, split, or separated. Sometimes they were shredded and spun into cordage. Most often the yucca was woven onto the sandal's sole. In these examples, even the soles are comprised of woven yucca. Ties and loops were added to secure the sandal to the wearer's feet; these remain on a few of the sandals featured here. The fine interlacing exemplified here demonstrates the Anasazi weavers' genius as textile artists. Anasazi sandals changed in shape over the years. The early examples had square heels as we see in these examples. Given their size, these were most likely created for women. Mounted on canvas backing and set in a wooden frame under glass. Size: largest sandal measures ~ 10" L x 5" W (25.4 cm x 12.7 cm); 25.125" L x 21.125" W (63.8 cm x 53.7 cm) including frame

Provenance: private Ventura County, California, USA collection

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Sandals show expected wear and losses commensurate with age.