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1915.50.116

Apron made of leather. Decorated at the neck, waist and side panels with multi-coloured beads, with leather fringe at the sides and bottom.

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1915.50.116

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Collection type
Object
Description
Apron made of leather. Decorated at the neck, waist and side panels with multi-coloured beads, with leather fringe at the sides and bottom.
Geographical reference
Russia
Europe > Eastern Europe > Russia
Siberia
Cultural groups
Evenk
Tungus
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1914
Date collected
1914
Acquisition information
Donated: 1915
Materials and processes
Material Bead, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Textile, Material Iron Metal, Process Decorated, Process Stitched
Dimensions
Length: max 960 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1915.50.116
Associated publications
Illustrated (detail only) in black and white as Plate IIc in Hair Embroidery in Siberia and North America by Geoffrey Turner (Oxford: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, Occasional Paper on Technology, 7). The illustration (is captioned (page 76) as follows: 'Detail of decorated panel on Tungus woman's reindeer-skin apron: reindeer hair bordering stripes of black (painted) and red (cloth applique), with trade beads. Collected by Miss Czaplicka...PRM: CZ.31.3.' [HA 22/10/2008]

Search terms: Clothing, Apron

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