Apron

Description

Man's apron of black cotton, fringed at lower edge, decorated with rows of rosettes of cowries alternating with rows of whorls of red-dyed hair: Assam, Henima Village, Kacha Nagas

Museum reference

A.1947.141

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Apron

Production information

Henima Village, Assam, India, South Asia

Style / Culture

Kacha Naga

Materials

Cotton, Cowrie shell, Hair

Physical description

Black cotton, fringed at lower edge, decorated with rosettes of cowries and whorls of red-dyed hair

References

See Jacobs, J., The Nagas, London, 1990, p. 299, for a virtually identical item