The image features a single woven shoe. The shoe is predominantly brown with varying shades due to the weaving texture. Positioned centrally on a plain, light background, the shoe appears to be facing to the right.
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The image features a single woven shoe. The shoe is predominantly brown with varying shades due to the weaving texture. Positioned centrally on a plain, light background, the shoe appears to be facing to the right.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

Birch Bark Shoe

Eugene C. Miller

Date
1938
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 28.1 x 35.6 cm (11 1/16 x 14 in.)
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.1964
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CG-W

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • Pigeon River
Inscription

lower center in graphite: Eugene C. Miller / 1938

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