Apron Item Number: 3560/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Beaded hide apron with straight top edge and five scalloped panels hanging along the bottom edge. Top half consists of a plain hide band, trimmed with white beading, above a larger rectangular panel; long hide ties extend from either side of band. Bottom half decorated with white beads with geometric, linear, and V-shaped motifs throughout; done in dark blue, dark green, dark yellow, red, black, and light purple beading. All scallop edges are trimmed with dark green beads. Back of apron is undecorated.
The jocolo, or ijogolo, is typically shaped with four or five hanging panels, alluding to children. This type of apron is worn by married women who have borne children, to celebrate fertility.
The apron was found by the donor in a thrift shop, inside a frame; the framing had been done in Saskatchewan.