Rainy day sandal, geta, Japan, 1908
date: label: date made
content: 1908
notes: label: Description
content: These shoes were bought in Japan in 1908, and are referred to as rainy day sandals. They are made of wood and have a flat sole that is ½” thick at its sides and slopes to 1 ½” under its center. Here, there are two sockets for the two flat, 1/3” thick, 3 ½” high cross pieces. There is a foot strap made of rope covered with brown leather and a metal protector under the toe. These shoes appear 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, such as on rainy days.
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 amassed 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: 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.2876
label: catalog number
content: A.2876
label: accession number
content: 93542
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Rainy Day Sandal
label: Object Name
content: Shoes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: one shoe: 4 1/4 in x 8 1/4 in; 10.795 cm x 20.955 cm