Museum Purchase: Indian Collection Subscription Fund, Rasmussen Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art.

Delicate white apron in an oval shape, to accompany a traditional Hungarian dance costume. Centre panels are made of fine synthetic fibre, separated across the middle with a thick band of lace in a flower pattern. Around the edge of the apron is a wide band of netting embroidered with leaves and foliage along the outside. The wasteband is a narrow strip of undecorated material that extends into long ties on both sides.

Small dance apron of red and black felted cloth; the outer edge has a row of large shell buttons, with a row of smaller shell buttons inside. Three horizontal rows of off-white shell buttons top three strips of leather tassels and copper bells sitting on attached leather thongs and scalloped red felt. The waistband extends into ties to secure the apron around the body.

Cotton apron (part of a woman’s costume with 3052/9-17). Apron is rectangular, made of a doubled-over piece of dark maroon fabric with long ties that extend from the waistband. At bottom is orange needlepoint design of flowers and foliage on top of another floral motif line of design.

Dance apron with a deer hoof fringe all along the bottom edge. The garment is made of a rectangle of red wool, with a large dip at the bottom centre hem. The front is decorated with thin horizontal lines of fabric sewn to the wool that follow the dip. The top line is black velvet, followed by lines of purple surrounded by blue triangles as well as lines of tan cotton and blue cotton. The back is lined with cotton in tan and checked tan and red. From the apron’s bottom hem hangs a long rawhide fringe with deer hooves attached to each hide strip by thread, tied through a hole bored in the hoof. Many of the hooves have been modified to have a decorative serrated edge. Two small, conical metal bells hang from a fringe on the left side.

A white apron with two front pockets. The apron is part of a costume that also includes a white shirt (2056/201 b), a dark grey skirt (2956/201 c), a mask (2956/201 a), and two bells (2956/201 e-f).

White apron with two rows of red ribbons on the pocket and at bottom. The apron is part of a costume that also includes a white shirt (2956/200 b), a red skirt (2956/200 c), a red sash (2956/200 e), a mask (2956/200 a), and two bells (2956/200 f-g).

White apron with two front pockets and lacy designs. The apron is part of a costume that also includes a white shirt (2956/199 b), a red skirt (2956/199 c), a long red sash (2956/199 e), a mask (2956/199 a), and two bells (2956/199 f-g).