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L'artefact

Japanese Geta Footwear

Description

  • Pair of stilted wooden thong-type shoes, called geta. 
  • Brown fabric-wrapped rope forms the thong. 
  • A flat board is attached to two supporting pieces. 
  • Worn with informal clothing, usually in bad weather so that the platform prevents feet from getting wet and muddy. 

Informations d'arrière-plan

  • Purchased as a memento by Robert Rawlings who drilled in Sumatra on two contracts between 1880 and 1902.

Localisation de la carte

Latitude: 35° 27' 37.483" N
Longitude: 139° 34' 52.108" E

la date

1902

Dimensions

pouces
Longueur:
8.5
Largeur:
3.7
Hauteur:
3.3

Événements, lieux, personnes

  • Robert Rawlings
  • Japan

Lieu d'origine

Asie›Japon
  • The front of a pair of stilted thong shoes. The wood is dark brown and the grain of the wood is visible. The thong material is brown and was attached to the shoe through three holes (one at the front and two in the middle of the shoes).
  • A pair of stilted thong shoes on an angle. The wood is light brown and the fabric for the thong is brown. Two stilts are visible on the bottom of each shoe.
  • The side profile of a pair of stilted thong shoes, showing the height of the stilts. The shoe is made from light brown wood and the thong part from brown fabric.
  • bottom of the stilted thong shoes