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1966.21.1

Piece of printed barkcloth with broken corner section. [AF [OPS move] 11/8/2017]

1966.21.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Piece of printed barkcloth with broken corner section. [AF [OPS move] 11/8/2017]
Long description
Piece of printed barkcloth with broken corner section. The cloth is fine and smooth in texture and pale brown in colour. It has been printed or stencilled with foliate patters at intervals in brown pigment. One triangular corner section has come away from the main section. [AF [OPS move] 11/8/2017]
Person
Field collector Admiral Page
Field collector Benjamin William Page
PRM source Ipswich Museum
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1817
Date collected
? 1817
Acquisition information
Donated: 1966
Materials and processes
Material Bark Cloth Textile Plant, Material Pigment, Process Stencilled, Process Beaten
Dimensions
Length: max 1560 mm, Width: max 1350 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1966.21.1
Research and responses

'OTAHEITA' may refer to 'Otaheite' which is what Tahiti used to be called by Western travellers to the area by the Eighteenth century. [MOB 25/9/2000]

Search terms: Barkcloth, Clothing, Clothing Textile, Dress

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