Woman's sandal, Japan, 1908
date: label: date made
content: 1908
notes: label: Description
content: This is a woman’s sandal purchased in Kobe, Japan, in 1908. It has a triple sole with the bottom layer consisting of a coarse braid of knitted cotton fabric, the next layer consisting of a pad of bamboos heaths bound with white cotton fabric, and a top layer of fine rush matting. The edges are bound with cloth instep bands of cotton cord covered with green velvet. They appear to be zori sandals, a traditional form of Japanese footwear common in the early 20th century. They were designed to be simple, versatile, and comfortable, especially when paired with the split-toed socks known as tabi.
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: Hyōgo, Kobe
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.2872
label: accession number
content: 93542
label: catalog number
content: A.2872
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Woman'S Sandal
label: Object Name
content: Shoes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: one shoe: 3 3/8 in x 9 in; x 8.636 cm x 22.86 cm