Child's clogs, geta, Japan, 1908
date: label: date made
content: 1908
notes: label: Description
content: This pair of children’s clogs were purchased in Japan in 1908. They are made of wood with a 1 ½” extension at the ball of the foot and a 1 ¼” cross strip at the heel both fitted in a socket of the main sole. On each shoe, there is an instep strap made of soft rope covered with faded velvet. They appears to be a version of the <i>geta</i> style of Japanese shoes. <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 and were common in early 20th century Japanese style. These shoes are a part of a collection of footwear amassed by Frank G. Carpenter over the duration of 40 years of world travel. The collection was donated to the museum by his daughter, Francis Huntington, in 1926. The collection of shoes compiled 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
setName: label: See more items in
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.2878
label: catalog number
content: A.2878
label: accession number
content: 93542
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Child'S Clog
label: Object Name
content: Shoes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 7 in; 5.08 cm x 17.78 cm