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1886.1.1253.2

Barkcloth. It is cream in colour with straight edges. The barkcloth is fine, there is discolouration in places. [AB [OPS move] 18/8/2017]

1886.1.1253.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Barkcloth. It is cream in colour with straight edges. The barkcloth is fine, there is discolouration in places. [AB [OPS move] 18/8/2017]
Date / Period
Date made: On or before 1886
Date collected
?On or before 1886
Acquisition information
Transferred: 10/02/1886
Materials and processes
Material Bark Cloth Textile Plant, Process Beaten
Dimensions
Width: max 920 mm, Length: max 2080 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1886.1.1253.2
Research and responses

Previously continent unknown but during a research visit on 8/6/2004 Associate Professor of Botany Will C. McClatchey and Al Keali'i Chock both from the University of Hawaii identified this barkcloth as Hawaiian and made of bark from broussonetia papyrifera or Wauke. [ZM 17/6/2004]

Please note the discrepancy between the dimensions listed in the accession book entries and the actual dimensions. [JP 26/11/2004]

This barkcloth was examined by Julia Gresson, Horniman Museum and previously Head Of Conservation, Auckland Museum, with JU and HR on 20th June 2012. We are all of the opinion that this barkcloth most closely resembles those from Tahiti. [JU 20/06/2012]

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