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The collection had been put together by Eiso Wietzes (1916–1977) and Egbert Wietzes (1925–1988), two brothers, who were the last wooden shoe makers in Eelde. After their deaths, the collection was enlarged by the private collection of wooden shoes owned by H.P. Bongers, a teacher at the Technical College in Enschede.
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Wooden upper clogs; are made by hollowing out a lump of solid wood to make a combined upper and lower. Two main variants can be seen: whole foot clogs; where the wooden upper covers the whole of the foot to near the ankle, such as the Dutch klomp. They are also known as "wooden shoes".
A sabot (/ ˈ s æ b oʊ /, US also / s æ ˈ b oʊ, s ə-/) [1] is a clog from France or surrounding countries such as The Netherlands, Belgium or Italy. Sabots are either whole-foot clogs or a heavy leather shoe with a wooden sole. Sabots were considered a work shoe associated with the lower classes in the 16th to 19th centuries.
Dutch clogs, for everyday use. The red painting on top makes the clogs look like leather shoes. It is a traditional motif on painted clogs. A klomp (Dutch: ⓘ, plural klompen [ˈklɔmpə(n)] ⓘ) is a whole-foot clog from the Netherlands. Along with cheese, tulips, and windmills, they are strongly associated with the country and are considered ...
Bottom: tall (18 cm (7.1 in)) rain/ ashida geta, Maiko 's okobo (13 cm (5.1 in)), tall (20 cm (7.9 in)) tengu geta. Geta are made of one piece of solid wood forming the sole and two wooden blocks underneath. These blocks may have a metal plate on the section that touches the ground in order to lengthen the life span of the geta.