Pubic Apron

86-11-7

From: Bismarck Archipelago

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 86-11-7
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Bismarck Archipelago
Section Oceanian
Materials Shell | Glass | Seed Pods | Cloth
Description

Rectangular panel of shell disks and glass beads knotted on vegetable fiber. Three bands made up of 8 rows of shell disks, alternating with three bands of beadwork (a network of blue and white beads edged with red, and bands of red, white, and blue beads in short vertical strings). Piece of white cloth worked in along one side. At the bottom, a fringe of shell disks linked in pairs and brown crescent-shaped seed pods (originally 25 pods, 1 now missing).

Length 19 cm
Width 19 cm
Credit Line Gift of Walcott Merrow, 1986

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