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| Type of Object: | Clothing |
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| Materials: | Leather |
| Measurements: | 15 to 30 cm. in height. |
| Date or Period: | 11th-15th c. A.D. |
| Maker: | Tellem |
| Designated List Section: | IIA Tellem Leather |
| Date of Import Restriction: | 09/23/1993 |
| Photograph: | National Museum of Mali, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Mali |
| Copyright: | Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Mali |
| Description of Designated List Category Subject to Import Restrictions: | |
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| Objects of leather found in Tellem funerary caves of the Bandiagara Escarpment include, but are not limited to items of clothing such as sandals often decorated and furnished with a leather ankle rotection, boots profusely painted with geometric designs, plaited or braded bracelets, knife-sheaths, loinskin, and bags. | |
| Keywords: | |
| boot, leather, painted, |
