Native Name | Geta (Object) |
Object Number | 2003-40-37 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Japan |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Wood | Silk | Lacquer | Brocade | Rope |
Technique | Carved | Woven |
Description | Raised geta with innersole of finely woven rice straw; thong of orange silk brocade attached under toe pedestal with metal clamp and under heel with rope; red lacquered platform decorated with gold leaf flower and bird motif with front of toe pedestal slanting sharply toward back of shoe; underside painted black; two wooden pegs under heel. |
Height | 8.9 cm |
Length | 19.7 cm |
Width | 8.9 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
Other Number | 1900.1.54 - Other Number |
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