Apron

2003-43-66

From: Siberia | Amur River

Curatorial Section: American

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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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