Pubic apron

Museum number:
5-6912
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
48 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2155
Description:
Native name: Kitemu-apron w/belt Pubic apron; cloth sewn in rectangle decorated with 47 rows of white buttons on front; red spherical glass beads along bottom; belt of cloth; length: 24 cm; w. 15.5 cm. Materials: cloth; buttons, beads Women by women as clothing suspended over genital region and tied around waist. Kitemu is an apron with a belt. An apron without a belt is called Kisanza. A diminutive child's apron is also called Kisanza. Made by women
Donor:
Ronald J. Clarke and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Ukambani, Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Kenya; Ukambani; Kamba (Murdock...44:2)
Culture or time period:
Kamba
Collector:
Ronald J. Clarke
Collection date:
1965
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Pubic apron, accession number 5-6912, described as Native name: Kitemu-apron w/belt Pubic apron; cloth sewn in rectangle decorated with 47 rows of white buttons on front; red spherical glass beads along bottom; belt of cloth; length: 24 cm; w. 15.5 cm. Materials: cloth; buttons, beads Women by women as clothing suspended over genital region and tied around waist. Kitemu is an apron with a belt. An apron without a belt is called Kisanza. A diminutive child's apron is also called Kisanza. Made by women
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pubic apron, accession number 5-6912, described as Native name: Kitemu-apron w/belt Pubic apron; cloth sewn in rectangle decorated with 47 rows of white buttons on front; red spherical glass beads along bottom; belt of cloth; length: 24 cm; w. 15.5 cm. Materials: cloth; buttons, beads Women by women as clothing suspended over genital region and tied around waist. Kitemu is an apron with a belt. An apron without a belt is called Kisanza. A diminutive child's apron is also called Kisanza. Made by women

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