1.   Considered one of the oldest types of footwear, sandals were first made from woven palm leaves and grasses or treated hide.

2.   One bowl-shaped example is made of woven palm fronds, as if to supply the ladies who lunch with a touch of colonial glory.

3.   For four years, Perera was kept captive in a hut of woven palm leaves.

4.   Woven palm branches tied with white ribbons arc over the display.