Traditional leather apron decorated with reed and gourds.

Item

Title

Traditional leather apron decorated with reed and gourds.

Creator

Creator Unrecorded

Subject

Waist Ornament
Ornament

Description

Traditional leather apron worn by both men and women decorated with reed and gourds. The reed and gourds could be used for holding tobacco and snuff. [FHM27/06/2019]

Publisher

Making African Connections

Date

c.1930

Type

PhysicalObject

Format

Animal Skin
Tied

Identifier

ETH.ANG3.363
A37/363

Source

Antoinette and Diana Powell-Cotton
1937
The Powell-Cotton Museum

Space/Place

Cunene [province], Mupa [town]
Angola
Africa

Rights

© The Powell-Cotton Trust

Item sets

PCM object collections