Reed Sandals - Artifacts
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Description
Pair of adult slippers
Woven of skins of young bamboo shoots (takenoko-no-kawa) wrapped around straw and coiled into an oblong shape, split stitch rush holds the coils in four places, hanao-style sandal straps made of bamboo shoots wrapped around straw; finely made
Used for summer wear indoors (not on tatami mat)
Object ID
1996.010.326