Object Number | 2003-43-66 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Siberia | Amur River |
Culture Area | Siberia |
Section | American |
Materials | Cotton | Cowry Shell | Metal | Hide |
Technique | Sewn | Quilted |
Description | A long decorative apron consisting of a variety of cotton materials sewn together in a saw tooth pattern in the top quarter and in a larger rectangular pattern at the bottom; it is backed with a coarse undyed linen or cotton fabric; hide ties secure the apron at the neck and waist; the apron is quilted; a line of metal discs and cowrie shells decorate the bib section of the apron. |
Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
Other Number | 1899.1.66 - Other Number | 124 (Civic Center, 1957) - Other Number |
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