Bark Cloth

52-27-11

From: Samoa Islands

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 52-27-11
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Samoa Islands
Section Oceanian
Materials Bark Cloth | Pigment
Description

2-ply. Brown except for white reserve background design. Divided into very large rectangles by dark brown varnish lines; several motifs in each rectangle: conventionalized flower, triangles, triangles with crescents at side, oval enclosing triangular segments, etc.

Length 185 cm
Width 151 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. H. G. Bullwinkel, 1952

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