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Sandal

Object Number:97-122-84A
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Japanese
Provenience: Japan
Date Made: Before 1892
Late Date: 1892
Section:Asian
Materials:Wood
Reed (plant)
Velvet
Lacquer
Technique:Lacquered
Height: 6 cm
Length: 23 cm
Width: 8.5 cm
Credit Line:Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997
Other Number:L-122-84A - Old Museum Number
15496 - ANSP Number

Description

For a woman. Wooden platform shoe (Geta) with a plaited straw insole. Green velvet footstrap. Black lacquered wooden platform with a metal plate at the toe.

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