Terracotta Sandal Figure
Description: | Left foot of hollow terracotta figure wearing an open-work sandal; hand-made with moulded details; the foot sits on a low plinth; orange clay with white inclusions, covered with a buff-cream slip: details of the sandal are painted in black with straps tied in a bow at the junction of foot and ankle. Dimensions: Height: 12.50 centimetres max ; Length: 12.70 centimetres; Width: 7.50 centimetres; Depth: 13 centimetres Object Type: figure Series: Proto-Cypriot (?) Techniques: painted; handmade; moulded |
Period: | Archaic II |
Date: | 650 - 550 BC |
Collection: | British Museum |
Provenance: | Salamis (Cyprus) |
Accession Number: | 1909,0310.126 |