Bead apron. Five bands of blue and white beads in a geometric pattern. The upper and lower bands are separated from the centre by a row of red beads. Fringe is made of of trade wool and cotton weave. [ASh [OPS move] 9/12/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Bead apron. Five bands of blue and white beads in a geometric pattern. The upper and lower bands are separated from the centre by a row of red beads. Fringe is made of of trade wool and cotton weave. [ASh [OPS move] 9/12/2016]
Geographical reference: Guyana
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Guyana
Cultural groups: Akawaio
Person: Field collector Audrey Butt Colson; PRM source Audrey Butt Colson
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1957
Date collected: April - September 1957
Acquisition information: Donated: 1958
Materials and processes: Material Bead, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Wool Yarn Animal, Process Beadwork, Process Woven
Dimensions: Length: max 455 mm, Width: max 171 mm, Depth: max 7 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1958.3.79
Research and responses: 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, Trade, Apron, Groin-cover

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