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Catalog Number

CAS 0425-0012   CAS 0425-0012; Apron
Category Bead & Leatherwork
Object Name Apron
Culture Klamath River
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. California
County Humboldt, Del Norte, Siskiyou
Other Geographic Data Lower Klamath River area
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture late 1800s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Canvas; Digger pine nuts; Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves; Cotton string; Glass beads
Description Child's dance apron (worn in front) with canvas waistband from which are suspended several hundred cotton string strands (traditionally wild iris cordage was used), each wrapped in bear grass and threaded through 3 pairs of blackened pine nuts; 1 strand has 6 blue glass beads; Bear grass wrapping between pine nuts and at ends is braided; Single pine nut attached to lower end of each strand.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 35.0, Length = 50.0