Woman's clog, geta, Japan, 1909
date: label: date made
content: 1909
notes: label: Description
content: These are women’s clogs known as <i>geta</i> that were purchased in Tokyo, Japan, in 1909. They have flat, thick wooden soles with beveled edges. Underneath is two 2” high transverse wooden strips fitted into sockets that create an elevation for the wearer. The shoes have thick straps made of rope and covered with white and gold embossed leather. A brass plate is nailed under the straps to protect their insertion. <i>Geta</i> are characterized by their elevated wooden bases as seen in this example. They were designed to keep the wearer’s feet clean and above ground. They came in many styles, with dramatic, higher ones being worn by apprentice geishas, but many were manufactured for daily use like those seen here.
label: Description
content: These shoes were collected by Frank G. Carpenter over the duration of 40 years of world travel. They were donated to the museum by his daughter, Francis Huntington, in 1926. The collection of shoes amasses by Carpenter provides not only unique examples of footwear around the globe, but the increasingly globalized landscape of the turn of the century.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan: Tōkyō, Tokyo
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content: Work and Industry: Agriculture
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Frances Huntington
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.A.2873
label: catalog number
content: A.2873
label: accession number
content: 93542
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Woman'S Clog
label: Object Name
content: Shoes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: one shoe: 2 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 8 in; 6.35 cm x 8.89 cm x 20.32 cm