Cotton front apron with edging of brass beads

Item

Title

Cotton front apron with edging of brass beads

Creator

Creator Unrecorded

Subject

Apron
Ornament

Description

Front apron [also known as etata - stomach skin] made from a strip of cotton cloth; 2 pieces are sewn together down the centre, with the sides turned down as the hem. There is decorative edging at the bottom of 4 deep brass beads. According to previous cataloguing and information acquired via further research, this would have been greased and covered in lukulared powder. [FHM25/09/2019]

Publisher

Making African Connections

Date

c.1930

Type

PhysicalObject

Format

Brass; Metal
Tied
L= 695mm; W= 415mm

Identifier

ETH.ANG3.337
A37/337

Source

Antoinette and Diana Powell-Cotton
1937

Space/Place

Namibia
Africa
Cultural Group: Okwanyama

Rights

© The Powell-Cotton Trust