Bark Cloth

56-1-68

From: Samoa Islands

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 56-1-68
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Samoa Islands
Section Oceanian
Materials Bark Cloth | Pigment
Description

Mostly 3-ply. Light brown with wide deep mahogany varnished bands and narrower black varnished bands and black fine lines. Complex border all around; rest of surface divided into large rectangles with diagonal heavy ladders and fine horizontal hatched bands.

Length 175 cm
Width 124 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Robert L. Steinmetz, 1956

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