DepartmentTextiles-Asia

Woman's dance apron

NameApron

CultureSa’dan Toraja

Datec. 1915

Place madeIndonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

MediumGlass beads, cotton fiber

DimensionsOverall: 25 x 19 x 10 in. (63.5 x 48.26 x 25.4 cm)

Credit LineIFAF Collection

Object numberFA.2008.74.385

DescriptionFramed beaded dance apron with solid beaded panel across top decorated with ornamented X motifs in a dark rusty red over a yellow ground, and with rows of alternating colored triangles along the top and bottom in green, blue and white. From the bottom hangs a beaded fringe, primarily yellow, with bands of red, green, dark blue, medium blue and white (possibly other colors).