Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0425-0012 | |
| 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 | |