Leather Sandals Item Number: Ni62 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Pair of leather sandals. Soles are flat, rounded at toes, sides straight narrowing to square heel; three holes punched through soles, one close to top, one on either side close to heel; grey-white strap passes through hole at top and is knotted on on underside, it is looped through outside hole close to heel and then through inside hole close to heel, length left between holes to form heel support, remainder of strap is loose.

Cultural Context

contemporary; tourist; daily wear

Narrative

The Wixáritari are known to the larger world as the Huichol, however that is not the name they use to refer to themselves.