Woman's ceremonial apron
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Nov 2000
label: Collection Date
content: 1986
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Labelle Prussin
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Labelle Prussin
notes: label: Notes
content: Piece of goat skin with the hair still attached, wider at the top than the bottom. Top is folded over and sewn down to create a hairless band, which is painted dark brown. This band is decorated with multicolor plastic beads, and cowrie shells. Beaded fringe with wooden (or grass or reed) tubular beads hanging from the band, and also from the bottom. Cord attached to the top corners, presumably to tie it around one's waist.
label: Notes
content: Donor identifies this as a women's ceremonial apron. She can't recall where she collected it, but she thinks it was in a small Turkana village outside Marsabit, in 1986.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Jan 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kenya, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Turkana (?)
label: Culture
content: Rendille (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 420734
label: USNM Number
content: E431644-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Apron
physicalDescription: label: Length - Plus 8.5 Cm With Attachments
content: 36 cm
label: Width - Not Including Ties
content: 40 cm