Maternity Apron "Ididuja"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 10 Dec 1990
name: label: Donor Name
content: Lionel Finneran
notes: label: Notes
content: MATERNITY APRON OF ANTELOPE HIDE, ONE STRIP OF HAIR DOWN THE CENTER AND 4 CIRCULAR PATCHES OF HAIR, 2 ON EITHER SIDE OF CENTRAL STRIP. METAL BUTTONS ATTACHED AROUND EACH FUR PATCH. ROWS (SPACED 1" APART) OF GREEN, YELLOW, RED, BLACK, AND BLUE BEADS ALSO ADORN THE FRONT SURFACE. IDENTIFIED AS ZULU, DATING FROM APPROX. 1930, BY DR. CAROLEE KENNEDY, A SCHOLAR OF ZULU MATERIAL CULTURE, WHO EXAMINED THE PIECE FOR THE NATIONAL MUSEEUM OF AFRICAN ART IN 1988.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Apr 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: South Africa, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Zulu
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 380504
label: USNM Number
content: E425664-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Apron
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 79 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 60 cm