Apron

Museum number:
5-13
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050000013
Alternate number:
164 (additional number)
Accession number:
Acc.164
Description:
Skin fringe apron; with blue, turquoise, and white beads; ca. 55 x 45cm. Worn by unmarried girls; at marriage it features in ceremony where groom breaks it.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Egypt
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Aprons (main garments)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Apron, accession number 5-13, described as Skin fringe apron; with blue, turquoise, and white beads; ca. 55 x 45cm. Worn by unmarried girls; at marriage it features in ceremony where groom breaks it.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Apron, accession number 5-13, described as Skin fringe apron; with blue, turquoise, and white beads; ca. 55 x 45cm. Worn by unmarried girls; at marriage it features in ceremony where groom breaks it.

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