Apron
Back Apron
30-49-10
From: Belgian Congo | Aruwimi District
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 30-49-10 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mangbetu |
| Provenience | Belgian Congo | Aruwimi District |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Fiber | Leaf |
| Description | Of shredded bast on a foundation of leaves. Worn hung by a cord from the girdle, over a bark-cloth apron. A female figurine of Mangbettu type (30-49-9) wears an apron similar in form to this, but in construction resembling rather 30-49-11 and 12. |
| Length | 26 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Albrecht in memory of son Charles Hahn Albrecht, 1930 |
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