Apron owned by Harriet Tubman
date: label: Date
content: 1870-1913
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Harriet Tubman, American, 1822 - 1913
notes: label: Description
content: A waist apron of lightweight machine-made white cotton. The apron has horizontal pintucks and a fabric hemline ruffle featuring white cutwork embroidery in a scalloped eyelet design. The apron front is gathered onto a fabric waistband with fabric ties.
place: label: Place used
content: Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Emancipation
label: Topic
content: Freedom
label: Topic
content: Self-liberation
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles L. Blockson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2009.50.43
objectType: label: Type
content: aprons (protective wear)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: linen
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 33 1/2 x 33 in. (85.1 x 83.8 cm)