1994.10.4.1

Collection type

Object

Description

Bow loom made of twigs with an unfinished beadwork apron mounted on it. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 26/7/2005]

Geographical reference

Guyana

Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Guyana

Upper Mazaruni

Cultural groups

Akawaio

Person

Field collector Leslie Rooney

PRM source Daphne Seggar

PRM source Audrey Butt Colson

Date / Period

Date made: Circa 1949-1955

Date collected

circa 1949 - 1955

Acquisition information

Donated: 1994

Materials and processes

Material Bead, Material Wood Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Process Woven, Process Beadwork, Process Strung

Dimensions

Height: max 320 mm, Width: max 510 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1994.10.4.1

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, Ornament, Bead, Textile, Apron, Loom, Waist Ornament, Groin-cover