1884.87.79.2

Collection type

Object

Description

Barkcloth, decorated at the ends with black pigment. For the associated barkcloth see 1884.87.79.1.

Long description

Barkcloth. Decorated at the ends with black pigment with geomeric designs. The edge is fringed. For the associated barkcloth see 1884.87.79 .1. Two large pieces of barkcloth originally donated as one single piece which has been found in 2004 split lengthways into two. [AB [OPS move] 23/8/2017]

Geographical reference

Fiji

Oceania > Melanesia > Fiji

Matuku

Person

Maker Unknown Maker

Field collector Henry Mangles Denham

Field collector HMS Herald

PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1855

Date collected

1855

Acquisition information

Donated: 1884

Materials and processes

Material Bark Cloth Textile Plant, Material Pigment, Process Beaten, Process Painted, Process Decorated

Dimensions

Width: max 2740 mm total, Width: max 1300 mm, Length: max 3270 mm total, Length: max 3250 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1884.87.79.2

Research and responses

For an account of the 1852-1861 voyage of the Herald, see The Voyage of HMS Herald to Australia and the South-west Pacific under the Command of Captain Henry Mangles Denham, by Andrew David (Melbourne: The Miegunyah Press (Melbourne University Press), 1995). [AP 27/4/2001; JC 21 8 2010]

An announcement in the 'Sales by Auction' section of The Times (no. 27,942, Thursday 5 May 1874, p. 16, col. a) of the sale of Admiral Denham's 'ethnographic' collection reads: 'The Collection of Natural History Specimens and Native Weapons, &c., of Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Denham, formed during the voyage of H.M.S. Herald. Mr J. C. STEVENS will SELL by AUCTION, at his great Rooms, 33, King-street, Covent-garden, W.C., on Friday, March 6th at half-past 12 precisely, the MUSEUM of NATURAL HISTORY SPECIMENS and NATIVE WEAPONS and ORNAMENTS, collected by Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Denham in the South Sea Islands, consisting of rare birds, shells, minerals, insects, &c., carved wood spears, clubs, bowls, ivory ornaments, musical instruments, native dresses, &c. Also some stuffed birds in cases, heads and horns, minerals and fossils, &c. On view the morning of sale, and catalogues had.' [JC 21 10 2014]

Search terms: Clothing Headgear, Barkcloth, Status, Headdress