Traditional Swedish Wooden Clog
Object Details
- Description
- Traditional Swedish wooden clogs are made out of poplar or willow wood and are part of the national dress of Sweden. Though little is known about this specific shoe, it likely was made and worn in Maine. Throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, 1.3 million Swedes left Sweden for the United States, bringing their national dress and cultural customs to America. Several railroads had agents in Sweden and offered package deals to transport family, their luggage, and farming equipment across the United States, providing additional financing to purchase land via installments. As a result, Swedish communities spread across the United States with heavy concentrations in the mid-west and across the Great Plains.
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- ID Number
- 2014.3054.025
- nonaccession number
- 2014.3054
- catalog number
- 2014.3054.025
- Object Name
- shoe
- Physical Description
- cloth (overall material)
- leather (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- tanned (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 1/4 in x 4 1/2 in x 12 in; 8.255 cm x 11.43 cm x 30.48 cm
- location where used
- United States: Maine
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Many Voices, One Nation
- Exhibition
- Many Voices, One Nation
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_658477
