Shoe from the wreck of the East Indies sailor Meresteijn, Leather shoe. Sole constructed from two layers of leather and the heel from eight or more layers. The nails are still visible in the heel, the holes for the stitching at the sole, but not the stitching itself. The leather is covered with a layer of rust or rusty notches. Shoe, Cape of Good Hope, Dutch East India Company, Meresteijn (ship), anonymous, Netherlands, 1700 - 1702, leather, wood (plant material), metal, l 26.5 cm × w 10.5 cm × h 7.5 cm
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Shoe, wreck, East Indies sailor Meresteijn, Leather shoe, Sole constructed, two layers, leather, heel, eight, layers, nails, visible, holes, stitching, sole, stitching itself, covered, layer, rust, rusty notches, Cape, Good Hope, Dutch East India Company, Meresteijn, ship, Netherlands, 1700, 1702, wood, plant material, metal, l 26 5
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