apron
- Museum number
- Af1926,1015.9
- Description
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Young girl's apron made of string, beads.
- Dimensions
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Height: 13.40 centimetres
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Width: 43 centimetres
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Depth: 0.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- See Ethdoc 274 - list of Native Articles collected by Major Powell-Cotton in Chad Colony and Sanga Forest, 1925. This is presumably:
Fringe Apron - Worn by young girl of the Kan, sub tribe of the Sara M'Bai, inhabiting the country to the N.W. of the junction of the Nana Baria and the Bahr Sara Rivers, Chad Colony, between approximately 7.40 and 8.50 N and 16.30 (?) [sic] and 17.40 E. ...bought from the owner at the village of Kor (Chief Dina cuda) ...'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1926
- Acquisition notes
- Af1926,1015.1 to 16 were given by Major P H G Powell-Cotton, and were collected by him in Chad Colony and Sanga Forest. There are associated photographs and documents. The register has comments on each item.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1926,1015.9
