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apron

human history
  • Description

    apron, made from tightly plaited local string dyed red & white (poss saoked in pig fat) divided into even lengths to form tassles with small bundles of shreaded plastic at ends, alternating lengths of interlocking ringlets with tufts of yellow wool at ends, adorned with tufts of fur attached with red wool, fasteners made from rolled local string

  • Place
    Papua New Guinea
  • Accession Number
    2006.37.29
  • Accession Date
    13 Jun 2006
  • Other Id

    56468 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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