- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Woman's beadwork apron.
- Long description
- Woman's apron of red, white, blue, green, yellow and black beadwork in lozenge and quatrefoil patterns, with a fringe of larger glass beads.
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: On or before 1886
- Date collected
- ?On or before 1886
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 17/02/1886
- Materials and processes
- Material Bead, Material Glass, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Process Beadwork
- Dimensions
- Length: max 370 mm across fringe, Width: max 115 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1886.1.962 Other numbers: ?193
Search terms: Clothing, Ornament, Skirt, Waist Ornament, Apron
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