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Museum number: 2015,6039.1-8
Title: Object: PLO Clogs, Prototype II
Description: Artwork entitled 'PLO Clogs, Prototype II', from his 'Ceremonial Uniform' collection. Made in the form of Ottoman-period bath clogs, but deconstructed into eight parts - two soles and six stilts. Made of beech wood and laser etched with vine-scroll patterns on the soles and with square grids on each stilt. Also inlaid with mother-of-pearl. With silvery-grey silk ties.
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Production date: 2015
Production place: Made in: Jerusalem
Findspot: Found/Acquired: London (England)
Materials: beech wood; mother-of-pearl; silk
Technique: carved; inlaid; etched (laser)
Dimensions: Length: 35 centimetres (average of each sole); Length: 30 centimetres (average of each stilt); Width: 18 centimetres (average of each sole); Width: 10 centimetres (average of each stilt)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2015-16 14 November - 15 May, London, BM, 'Life and Sole: Footwear from the Islamic Word'
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Acquisition date: 2015
Department: Middle East
Registration number: 2015,6039.1-8

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