DepartmentTextiles-Africa

Apron

NameApron

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca 1975

Place madeKIRDI OR KAPSIKIS, CAMEROON, AFRICA

Mediummetal, leather

Dimensions16 15/16 × 9 1/16 × 1 1/16 in. (43 × 23 × 2.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Dr. Marshall Clinard Ph. D., A.1989.38.15

Object numberA.1989.38.15

Collections

Africa.

DescriptionCut, forged, bent strips of iron strung on red leather strip. 20 metal pieces, each with loop for stringing, are shaped like long, thin, curving claws.

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