2000/084/773

When Blanche Wright gave birth to their first child, in Kenya, Wright was in Somalia, in Mogadishu, and a local man gave him this pair of sandals for his new daughter.

2000/084/773 sandals (image/tiff)
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Summary

: 2000/084/773

: British Empire & Commonwealth

: clothing accessories

: Pair of child's sandals. Leather, with flat sole and stitched edge, 2 straps across with cream and black leather strips interlaced. White kid skin lining to straps. Given to Armine Wright upon the birth of his first child, Annabel, 1943, by a local man in Mogadishu. Still made and worn today according to women elders from Bristol's Somaliland community.

2000/084/773

Armine Wright collection

Current Location

: British Empire & Commonwealth Museum Collection

: Wright

: Mogadishu, Somalia, East Africa, Africa

: Mogadishu, Somalia, East Africa, Africa

: Mogadishu, Somalia, East Africa, Africa

: 1943

: 1943

: Transferred from the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum, 2012

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