Dance Apron
68-12-1
From: Admiralty Islands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 68-12-1 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Admiralty Islands |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Shell | Plant Fiber | Seed | Feather | Pod |
Description | Woven apron (?) of vegetable fiber with traces of feather decoration, and large panel of discoidal shell beads, coconut (?) shell beads, with Job's tears seeds (Coix) and rattles of an unfamiliar seed pod. From the David Wilson Mansion in Odessa, Delaware (She is on their Board of Trustees). |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Charles Lee Reese, 1968 |
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