Sandal Seven

Sandal Seven

       D.U. 398, figure 16, is a plain diagonally woven, tightly woven sandals. The structural elements which form the weave unit appear to be doubled on the top and tripled on the sole. The method of weaving is identical to specimen 5,Figure 6. The weave crosses the sandal in a diagonal fashion until they approach the heel portion of the toe. At approximately 12 Cm. from the toe the structural elements turn and continue to the heel parallel to the longitudinal axis of the sandal. Attachment devices could not be seen on this specimen.
       The last diagonal element continues from the left lateral edge to the right lateral edge where it is tied, with a square knot, to a diagonal element which was continued from near the left lateral corner. This is the only visible structure, at the heel portion of the sandal, which holds the heel together. It is likely that there was a similar structure on the left lateral edge. These two structure, when pulled tight would be adequate to hold the heel end of the structure together. This method of construction, convergence of the elements at the heel, gives the appearance of a fishtail heel which is similar to the fishtail heels on sandal 8 and 9.