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Informal Sandals - Zori
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| Accession #: | 812.3 |
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| Title: | Informal Sandals - Zori |
| Object Type: | Clothing, Doll |
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| Physical Description: | Pair of doll sandals, informal in style. Brocaded and ribbon covered, in orange, ivory and green floral pattern. Sole of the sandals is cream felt with a rubber heel. From the side the patterned brocade is at top, white ribbon strip, orange ribbon strip, and then cream felt. |
| Description: | The name for straw top thong sandals or informal sandals (worn for everyday use) in Japanese (Romaji) is "Zori" according to Michiko Takaoka, former director of the Japanese Cultural Center Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute. The Miss Tokushima doll was used as part of an international doll exchange to promote goodwill between Japan and the U. S. This doll is 1 of 58 doll ambassadors sent by 2,610,000 Japanese school girls in those Primary Schools and Kindergartens which had received one of the 12,739 Doll Messengers of Friendship sent to Japan in the spring of 1927 by thousands of American children and young people. The Friendship Doll exchange was coordinated by the Committee on World Friendship Among Children, which was instituted by The Commission on International Justice and Goodwill of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. This particular doll represents the Tokushima prefecture on the island of Shikoku. |
| Category: | History |
| Related Objects: |
812.1 (Koryusai Takizawa, Doll, Japanese Friendship Doll, Miss Tokushima, 1927)
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| Geographical Reference: | Tokushima (International->Asia->Japan); Tokyo (International->Asia->Japan) |
| Dimensions: |
Object H x W x L 1 3/4 x 2 7/8 x 5 1/8"
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| Materials/Techniques: |
wood (plant material) (Material)
felt (textile) (Material)
brocade (textile) (Technique)
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| Marks/Inscription: |
KOCHO MADE IN TOKYO (on tan rubber stamp on the back part of the sole)
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| Credit Line: | Gift of the Goodwill Doll Exchange, 1927. In honor of their work to further the exchange of friendship and knowledge between the people of Japan and the people of the Inland Northwest and for their work in the history of Friendship Dolls, the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture dedicates "Miss Tokushima" to Michiko and Hiroshi Takaoka. Board of Trustees, September 5, 2006. |
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