Inventory | Ethnography | Forma per scarpa
- Common name
- Shoe shape
- Material
- iron, wood
Description
The tool was used as a support for shoe construction. The shoemaker would place the dummy on the work surface and build shoes or boots on it, shaping the material to the shape of the customer's foot. This tool was essential in shoemaking work, as it made it possible to create custom-made footwear. In the shoemaker's workshop, the dummy was one of the main tools for making and repairing footwear
Use
- Areas of use
- craft activities
- Specific use
- shoemaking
- Craft
- shoemaker
Preserved specimen
Structure of each shape that traces the morphology of the foot carved from a single piece of wood, equipped with a toe and heel.
Cataloging
- SIRBeC
- 7s030-00119
