Amini-kedah

Description

Amini-kedah or apron of cloth partly stiffened with strips of cane, the front almost entirely covered with rows of white cowrie shells, with two ornamental semi-circles in cowrie shells and red goat's hair at top, worn by men in ceremonial dress: Assam, Sema Naga

Museum reference

A.1936.534

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Amini-kedah, Apron

Production information

Assam, India, South Asia

Style / Culture

Sema Naga

Materials

Cloth, Cane, Cowrie shell, Goat hair

Physical description

Cloth partly stiffened with strips of cane; front almost entirely covered with rows of cowrie shells; two ornamental semi-circles in cowrie shells and red goat's hair at top