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1941.3.7

Beadwork apron, with a "Greek key" pattern in dark blue and pink on a white background, with a short red beadwork fringe and tie cords. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 26/7/2005]

1941.3.7

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Collection type
Object
Description
Beadwork apron, with a "Greek key" pattern in dark blue and pink on a white background, with a short red beadwork fringe and tie cords. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 26/7/2005]
Cultural groups
Macusi
Person
Field collector James Williams
PRM source Mrs James Williams
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1941
Date collected
By 1941
Acquisition information
Donated: 1941
Materials and processes
Material Bead, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Process Woven, Process Beadwork, Process Strung
Dimensions
Width: max 480 mm, Length: max 290 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1941.3.7
Research and responses

Related Documents File - See 'List of Macusi Native Indian Curios from Rupununni, British Guiana. Presented by the wife of the late Rev. James Williams. A.K.C. F.R. Hist: S. Missionary to these Indians for 5 years.' Handwritten note at the bottom of the list: 'The page numbers on the cards refer to the pages in "Among the Indians of Guiana" by Im Thurn. Where quotations are given concerning most of these curios.' [GI 19/12/2001]

Peter Riviere has supplied the following information about beaded women's aprons from British Guyana: 'On highdays and holidays, or festivals, the only covering which the females wore was the quieyoo, an article of dress, worked out of seeds of trees, about ten inches long, and six or eight broad, hung in front of the person by a string fastened round the loins. These are now tastefully worked with beads to represent the flowers, fruits and animals around the Indians in the bush, and will cost from six to ten shillings when sold to Europeans.' (p. 261, Rev Robert Duff, British Guiana, being notes on a few of its natural productions, industiral occupations, and social institutions. Thomas Murray & Co., Glasgow, 1866) (Laura Peers, 16/11/2007)

Search terms: Clothing, Bead, Ornament, Apron, Waist Ornament, Groin-cover

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