Bark Cloth
56-1-61
From: Futuna (uncertain) | Horne Islands (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 56-1-61 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Futuna (uncertain) | Horne Islands (uncertain) |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Bark Cloth | Pigment | Glaze |
| Description | Probably half of the original piece. Wide black border on three sides and a long narrow black rectangle at centre of cut side. Balance of surface natural cream with all-over fine line and solid designs in black and brown in concentric bands (3 sides): triangles, fine checks with triangles of dots; floral motifs; groups of fine lines with solid dots; bands of stepped heavy lines on fine lines with dots. Reverse brown. |
| Length | 128 cm |
| Width | 72 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Robert L. Steinmetz, 1956 |
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