- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Sheet of barkcloth. It is beige in colour with a dense texture.
- Geographical reference
- Mosquito Coast Caratasca Lagoon
- Cultural groups
- Yanomami
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1921
- Date collected
- 1921
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1940
- Materials and processes
- Material Bark Cloth Textile Plant, Process Beaten
- Dimensions
- Length: max 2420 mm, Width: max 990 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1940.8.1
Search terms: Barkcloth
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