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sandal, is knotted to the toe loop, and to it is attached also the heel 

 support. (Fig. 172 &.) This style of sandal was most numerous in 

 the cave debris. 



The material employed in making a sandal from Tularosa Cave, 

 New Mexico, is yucca leaf torn into wide strips and laced over a 

 coarse, twisted cord of the same 

 leaf. (Fig. 173 5, Cat. No. 246688, 

 U.S.KM.) At the narrower or 

 heel portion the strip seems to pass 



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Fig. 173. — Sandal from Tulaeosa Cave. 



Pig. 174. — Sandal from Tdlakosa Cave. 



over and back several times; in the broader portion the strips pass 

 over once and the ends stick out below alternately. The upper side 

 (fig. 173 a) is furnished with the cord which held the sandal to the 

 foot. This cord is fastened to tlie cord woven into the sandal near the 



heel and at the toe, 

 forming a figure 8. 

 The heel support is 

 separate and is looped 

 around the standing 

 part of the cord. 



Woven sandals 

 were made of well- 

 finished yucca - fiber 

 cord, the method be- 

 ing to prepare a 

 four-strand weft by 

 bending two cords 

 and securing the 

 ends, and on the weft 

 the cord woof was woven as in a (fig. 174, Cat. No. 246702, U.S.N.M.). 

 The bunched ends of the weft projected as a trail, a feature that is fa- 

 miliar in the leather moccasin. The neatness of the finish of the sandal 

 (fig. 174 h) and the evidence of taste in its outlines speak well of the art 

 of the sandal maker. The style of sandal shown was worn by women. 



-Sandal from Tdlaeosa Cave. 



