Context (Production / use)
Made by Mimi-Suku's wife [not named]. The mara-mara seed apron is not valued as highly as glass-bead aprons by the Trio or Wayana: the latter bring higher prestige to their owner, allow for more intricate designs, and last considerably longer.
Event Date
Author: Diana Serediuc

Context (Field collection)
Collected by Vanessa Grotti.
Event Date 2005
Author: Diana Serediuc

Description (Physical description)
The colours used are red, white, bright blue and dull blue. The meandering designs are done on a bright blue background. The edges are red and there are a few red horizontal lines. The dull blue beads are arranged in red and dull blue lines.
Event Date 13/6/2006
Author: rachel hand

Context (Acquisition Details)
Part of a group of objects, (2005.629-49), bought, bartered or received as a gift through the intermediary of the collectors' extended family. See Crowther-Beynon Report by Vanessa Grotti and Marc Brightman, 2005.
Event Date 2014
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
A Wayana bead apron, known as weyu and made by Mimi-Suku's wife.
Event Date 11/5/2014
Author: maa

Conservation (Freezing)
CON.2024.6032 | Freezing
Event Date 2/10/2024
Author: Kirsty Kernohan

Description (Physical description)
Weyu. Beaded waist apron. Single trapeze length of fabric; narrow white waistband with twisted ties at both sides. Light and dark blue, woven bead work with red glass beaded border; two white horizontal beaded strips with a narrow red and white strip in the centre; white beaded geometrical forms. Two blue strips made from small glass beads with a strip of red bigger glass beads are at the bottom followed by cotton fringes.
Event Date 5/9/2024
Author: Diana Serediuc