E0748: Japanese Wedge Platform Geta

Ethnographic

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Identifier:

E0748

Classification Category:

3:Personal Artifacts ➞ Clothing ➞ Footwear

Materials:

botanical ➔ wood
animal ➔ hide/skin ➔ leather
botanical ➔ fiber

Dimensions:

23 cm L
8 cm W
5 cm H

Provenance of Object:

This object was held in the museum that Luther College started in 1877. This museum eventually grew into the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, and following this, non-Norwegian American ethnographic objects were returned to Luther and accessioned into the college’s Anthropology Collection. Without additional documentation, was likely obtained by the Luther College Museum (later the Norwegian-American Museum) between the late 19th century and early 20th century.

Source Locality:

Japan

Description:

A "Geta" clog or shoe. Rectangular wooden shoe carved from single piece of wood.

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