Bark Cloth
97-120-707A
From: Futuna (uncertain) | Horne Islands (uncertain) | Tahiti | Society Islands (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 97-120-707A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Futuna (uncertain) | Horne Islands (uncertain) | Tahiti | Society Islands (uncertain) |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Bark Cloth | Pigment |
| Description | Natural color bark cloth with fine all-over black geometric patterning: bands of cross-hatched lines and small black squares, blocks of rows of concentric circles, etc. Border of oiled dark brown/black. Made of paper mulberry (Broussonetia sp.) Collected on the United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) by Titian R. Peale. “Table cover” on Peale list. A cluster of perfectly round stains, such as could have been made by the bottom of a wet tankard, suggest that this may have been used on shipboard as a tablecloth. Very similar to 97-120-707B: two fragments of a layered piece? |
| Length | 158 cm |
| Width | 98 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-120-707A - Old Museum Number | 10577 - ANSP Number |
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