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Geta

Artist Japan

MediumWood, fiber, suede

ClassificationsCostume

Credit LineExchange, Dartmouth Museum

Object number1939.38.2

Descriptionplatform geta sandals on raised wood. Back heel and front slopes inward. Platform cut at arch, dividing front and back blocks of platform. Mostly hollow in the center of platform. Three curves along the bottom surface extend upward in the hollow section. (drawing on catalogue card). Possibly suede straps extend from the front to the sides of the shoe. Blue stitching on straps, paper filler. Rope knots on the fron and in the hollow section of the back. Wood in bull's-eye pattern on back platform.

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