Bark Cloth

50-22-6

From: Samoa Islands

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 50-22-6
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Samoa Islands
Section Oceanian
Materials Bark Cloth | Pigment
Description

Rectangular. Two-ply. White with decoration in fine dark brown and yellow lines, and with varnished black-brown motifs in border: large centre section completely filled with conventionalized continuous 4-petalled flower in brown lines, the background cross-hatched with yellow lines; narrow border of yellow cross-hatching; wide double border of triangles filled alternately with wavy lines and with pendant stepped triangles.

Length 155 cm
Width 150 cm
Credit Line Gift of Charles J. Moore, 1950

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