Apron Item Number: 2910/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Ceremonial apron with long wool tassles hanging from a short band of embroidery. Tassles are predominantly red, but also include beige and black. There are also shorter wool tassles on either side of the embroidered band. Band is bordered with blue and gold "S" shaped embroidery. Top part of band has blue square in centre, surrounded by two bands of red, broken up by three beige and green vertical lines. Bottom part of band has colourful geometric embroidery with horizontal lines of grey above and below. There is a thin yellow tie at the top of the band, attached to each corner, which wraps around the wearer's waist.
Narrative
The 1949 acquisition sheet listed this group of items as: "ceremonial dress items, Shokatz slavic tribe, Darauya Prov. Hungary S.W. Roumanian".
Item History
- Made in Hungary ?
- Owned by Mrs. Otto Reif before 1949
- Owned by Museum of Vancouver before October 20, 2011
- Received from Museum of Vancouver (Transferring institution) on October 20, 2011
What
- Name
- Apron
- Identification Number
- 2910/1
- Type of Item
- apron
- Material
- fibre and wool fibre
- Overall
- height 77.0 cm, width 64.0 cm, depth 0.3 cm
Who
- Culture
- Romanian
- Previous Owner
- Mrs. Otto Reif and Museum of Vancouver
- Received from
- Museum of Vancouver (Transferring institution)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Hungary ?
When
- Ownership Date
- before 1949 and before October 20, 2011
- Acquisition Date
- on October 20, 2011
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2910/0001