Straw sandal, Japan
date: label: date made
content: pre-1926
notes: label: Description
content: This is a shoe from Tokyo, Japan, that is made of thick, heavy rice straw. It features a flat sole woven over two strands of rope that come to the surface at the toe and heel to form a toe strap, tie, and counter. These sandals would have been worn by common people in Japan.
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. These shoes do not have an obvious date, but based on the time of donation, are from the early 20th century or predate the century altogether. 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
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.2870
label: catalog number
content: A.2870
label: accession number
content: 93542
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Straw Sandal
label: Object Name
content: Shoes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 12 in; x 10.16 cm x 30.48 cm