Apron

A cloth front apron which is worn over another. It is beaded on both ends;the lower end with very little beading while the upper is covered in stripes and oblongs of white, blue, red, green and yellow beads fringe. It is made by both grown up girls and married women. It has been sewn with sisal fiber from the murungua tree. The apron is worn by grown up unmarried girls and married women, when dancing at ceremonies especially a dance called mwari. It was never sold in the market but could be exchanged for a sheep or goat.