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Clog

Object Name:
Clog
Object ID:
1953.004
Date:
1700-1730
Description:
Clog to wear with shoes, child's. Pointed sole, slightly upturned. Hand stitched. Silk on cross strap. Red stitched leather at heel with sides of green damask covering leather. Said to have been worn by Captivity Jennings (b. 1678) of Hatfield, MA.
Material:
Leather
Textile
Silk
Dimensions:
H-1.9 W-2.7 L-7.4 inches
Provenance:
Said to have been worn by Captivity Jennings of Hatfield, MA. Her mother was captured in an Indian raid on Hatfield in 1677 and taken to Canada, where Captivity was born in 1678.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Bert Huggins
Subjects:
Captives
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