Dance Apron

shamanism ?

Dance apron made of a piece of wide moose hide, curving down at the centre front and back along the bottom edge, has been cut along the bottom into fringes from 13 cm long at the centre to 20 cm long at the sides. Elk hooves are attached to the ends of the fringe; four have eye motifs carved into them. The body of the apron is divided into three horizontal sections by hand-stitched, faded, green and brown commercial fabric tape. The central tape has lengths of red fabric tape sewn to it on a diagonal slant.