apron(?);
head-dress(?)
- Museum number
- Af1960,20.126
- Description
-
Composite apron (reversed it could be a headdress), rush leaf bases mounted on a backing of imported cloth.
- Production date
- 19thC
- Dimensions
-
Height: 30 centimetres
-
Width: 55 centimetres
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Depth: 4 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- South Africa. Department of Science and Art, South Kensington.
Register 1960
"Apron made of leaf bases of Prionium palmita E.Mey. South Africa. Department of Science and Art, South Kensington."
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1960
- Acquisition notes
- Af1960,20.1 to 246 is a large collection of African material transferred to the British Museum by the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew in 1960. Most of these works had been given to Kew in the XIXc, and the recorded provenances refer to those who gave the objects to Kew together with the date of acquisition by Kew.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1960,20.126