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2. Patten (shoe) - Wikipedia

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   Pattens were worn outdoors over a normal shoe, had a wooden or later wood and metal sole, and were held in place by leather or cloth bands. Pattens functioned to elevate the foot above the mud and dirt (including human effluent and animal dung) of the street, in a period when road and urban paving was minimal. Women continued to wear pattens in ...

3. Geta (footwear) - Wikipedia

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   The most familiar style consists of an unfinished wooden board called a dai (台, lit. ' stand ') that the foot is set upon, with a cloth thong (known as the hanao (鼻緒)) passing between the big toe and second toe. The bottom view, showing the "teeth" The supporting blocks below the base boards, called the ha (歯, lit.

4. Cantabrian albarcas - Wikipedia

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   Albarcas Asturian madreñas. A Cantabrian albarca is a rustic wooden shoe in one piece, which has been used particularly by the peasants of Cantabria, Spain. [1] [2] [3] In the neighbouring province of Asturias madreñas are still being widely used in rural areas.

5. Clog - Wikipedia

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   Since wooden footwear was a hand-made product, the shape of the footwear, as well as its production process showed great local and regional diversity in style. At the beginning of the 20th century machine-made wooden footwear was introduced. After WW2, in particular, wooden shoes became uncommon. They were replaced by more fashionable all ...

6. International Wooden Shoe Museum Eelde - Wikipedia

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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.

7. 30 Man-Made Innovations That Were Designed Mimicking ... - AOL

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   Image credits: Sasha Weilbaker #7 Solar Panels. While both solar panels and plant leaves harvest energy from the sun, a team at Princeton University took biomimicry in solar panels a step further ...