Last, Shoe

Description

Wood block cut in the form of a shoe. The last has an almond-shaped toe. The height of the last increases toward the instep then plateaus at the top in an elongated oval shape. Below the top is a through-hole filled with a plaster-like substance. This substance completely blocks one side of the hole, but the other has a smaller hole in the upper left. From the top the heel curve extends to the seat. The seat sides are curved to form the waist before growing to the widest point at the last joints then tapering to form the toe. The seat has numerous wooden pegs clustered together on the heel and the toe. The outer edge of the heel is bare of nail holes, but there are numerous nail holes from the waist to the toe.