- Material
The material of these shoes, including the soles, are made of locally available goatskin. These shoes got a lot of use, and you can see how worn the soles are. - Decorative embroidery
You can identify these as traditional Siwan bridal shoes partly through the pattern of small triangles on top. - Mother of pearl buttons
The buttons are made of precious sadaf (mother-of-pearl).
Zrabin (women’s bridal shoes)
Leather, wool, shell, dye, cotton, paint, steel, ink
Accession # 37534-25a-b
These bright shoes must have caught Cassandra Vivian’s eye, because she purchased them in Mersa Matruh, just north of Siwa on the Mediterranean coast. They were worn by a Siwan bride throughout her wedding festivities.
All objects scanned by Dr. Lisa Haney and Derek Wessel, using the Artec3D Space Spider
