Dance Apron Item Number: 25.0/304 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Automatically Generated From Material
The wool is dark blue. The ribbon is silk.
Exhibit Label
The kilt is wrapped around the waist and tied in place, the lower fringe reaching below the knees. In full dress the performer wears similarly made leggings below the knee, a button blanket or Chilkat blanket over the shoulders, and the appropriate mask or headdress. The kilt is a rich visual and auditory part of the whole ensemble. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)
Item History
- Received from Mrs. Anne Gerber
What
- Name
- Dance Apron
- Identification Number
- 25.0/304
- Type of Item
- dance apron
- Material
- wool, silk ribbon, cloth, leather and hoof
- Manufacturing Technique
- sewn
- Overall
- length 32.0 in, width 64.0 in
Who
- Culture
- Tsimshian
- Received from
- Mrs. Anne Gerber
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Sidney Gerber Collection, Gift of Anne Gerber
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection