Rawhide Sandal Made in the Province of Tokat in Our Day Cover Image

Günümüzde Tokat İlinde Çarık Yapımı
Rawhide Sandal Made in the Province of Tokat in Our Day

Author(s): Melda Özdemir
Subject(s): Cultural history, Customs / Folklore, Visual Arts, Ethnohistory, Local History / Microhistory
Published by: Uluslararası Kıbrıs Üniversitesi
Keywords: Tokat; handcraft; leather hendcraft; rawhide sandal;

Summary/Abstract: People are dealing with their jobs to supply their needs and to get enough income. The materials such as fiber, soil, wood, glass, leather etc. are used as raw material in handcraft arts. Of all these, leather has been a significant law material in handcraft arts for centuries. Leather handles crafts consist of a variety of products such as saddlery, yemeni, bookbinding, types of shadow play, making clothing, articles of daily use, animal harness sets, fur, and post-production, etc. Hand-made leather products used in many parts of Anatolia as the art of our ancerstors carried in the Son, and the father was the branch of a craft in a few cities today are still underway, although not as intense as before. With cultural elements from generation to generation, reflecting the traditions of Turkish hand labor based on the production of leather goods, tourism and the economy of the country to contribute to the different application areas and with features such as important. One of the most important uses of leather is shoes. In the past, almost all of Anatolia, produced in co-production features and showing handmade shoe production in many places no longer in the machine has succumbed to become, a few provinces, but a small number of artisans through condition is maintained. One of these provinces in the Black Sea region is the province of Tokat. Province is located in the interior of the Central Black Sea section. North of Samsun, Ordu to the northeast, south of Sivas, Yozgat to the southwest, west: Amasya province is surrounded by. Today the functions of daily life that disappeared for lost or do not yet function without changing the use, documentation of the crafts and products is gaining importance with the transfer of future generations. In this study, the examination and documentation of limited production of sandal is aimed. Sandal used in the construction tools, manufacturing process and product manufacturers about the types of information provided, supported with photographs has been compiled.

  • Issue Year: 18/2012
  • Issue No: 69
  • Page Range: 71-85
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Turkish