The Hittites are the first recorded shoe wearers about 4,000 years ago and this spread to Egypt about their middle kingdom.The tomb guard , below, was found in King Tutankhamun’s tomb and is wearing the common woven reed model.
HOW MUCH DO THEY COST?
THE THING THAT MAKES A SHOE A THONG
WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO WITH THEM
DAVID Day spent half a year collecting thongs from the beach and with 1500 thongs, built a 2.4m high, 5.4m long wave sculpture in Mackay
After decorating the outside wall of an art gallery, this Tom Risley whale collage made from thongs and other found jetsam was donated to the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art
The Ephemera is a biennial sculpture festival .
Although it is multi-media thongs often feature.
Wynne Prize finalist 2000 :: Art Gallery NSW
Thong Warrior, Franky from Housos, uses the thong slap for attack, defence, punishment and a bit of fun. Inset shows one of N.S.W’s finest, copping a flying thong slap from Franky as a delaying tactic.
Thong slapping, as a penalty, has moved into the realm of party games
Marathon Validity Proven
Former ironman, Sam Hensen-Thompson raising money for Perth Children’s Hospital.
Ben Ferris is running 300km in just his thongs, a shirt and a pair of budgie smugglers to raise money for farmers.
Wearing thongs, Keith Levasseur completed the Baltimore Marathon in 2:46:58