apron;
religious/ritual equipment
- Museum number
- Am1962,01.14.b
- Description
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Register 1962:
Bark cloth apron dyed red and decorated with semicircles encroaching from the borders and lozenge designs respectively.
- Dimensions
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Length: 26 inches (a (folded))
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Length: 24 inches (b (folded))
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Length: 52 inches (b)
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Length: 136 centimetres
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Width: 21 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register 1962:
14A: Bark cloth front. Dyed red and black with dye similar to that used in body paint; semicircles encroaching from borders.
14B: Another similar [to Am1962,01.14a] bark cloth front. Dyed red in lozenge designs.
Used with festival regalia. Top end turned over the monkey fur?/tooth belt, lower-end lying loose between the knees. MAKUNA, TUCANO (MK14ab).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1962
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1962,01.14.b