Apron
date: label: Accession Date
content: 16 Jan 1939
label: Collection Date
content: 1932 to 1933
name: label: Collector
content: Miss Frances T. Densmore
label: Donor Name
content: Miss Frances T. Densmore
notes: label: Notes
content: ILLUS. PLATE 12, NO. 2 AFTER P. 188 IN BAE BULLETIN 136. FROM CARD: "APRON WORN BY CHOCTAW WOMAN IN 1932. SEE PHOTOGRAPH CAT. NO. 380092 (OF MAGGIE BILLIE, PHOTO TRANSFERRED TO NATIONAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHIVES IN 1965). 03-10-1987 LENT TO MISSISSIPPI STATE HISTORICAL MUSEUM, LOAN RETURNED JAN 14 1988."
label: Notes
content: Albert Naquin, Traditional Chief; Boyo Billiot, Deputy Chief; Chantel Comardelle, Tribal Secretary; and Heather Stone, collaborator; made the following comments during the Isle de Jean Charles Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, October 23-27, 2017. Albert notes that women don't wear aprons like they used to. Washing machines will easily clean your regular clothes. The women would use aprons to pick up eggs and other multipurpose tasks.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Aug 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Philadelphia, Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Choctaw
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 150807
label: USNM Number
content: E380094-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Apron