Bark Cloth
29-58-14
From: United States of America | Hawaiian Islands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 29-58-14 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Hawaiian |
| Provenience | United States of America | Hawaiian Islands |
| Culture Area | Oceania | Polynesia |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Bark Cloth | Pigment |
| Technique | Beaten | Painted |
| Description | Decorated (ruled) in black and red on white (natural). For essential elements of design see Brigham, Mem. B.P.B. Mus. Honolulu, III 1911, p. 72. For use of wavy lines as filling of geometrical figures, cf. pl. T, 3; and for use of dots to form groups of broken lines, see pl. 41. For stitching, see p. 104 ff. There are two small patches, tied rather than stitched on, on the "wrong" side. |
| Length | 159 cm |
| Width | 60 cm |
| Credit Line | Received from various sources, pre-1929 |
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