Length of decorated barkcloth. ?Unfinished, painted with black pigment in a linear pattern with swirls. Some small sections of red pigment. The cloth is cream and fine. [AF [OPS move] 17/8/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Length of decorated barkcloth. ?Unfinished, painted with black pigment in a linear pattern with swirls. Some small sections of red pigment. The cloth is cream and fine. [AF [OPS move] 17/8/2017]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; New Britain Bismarck Archipelago South-west Coast Kandrian (Moewehafen) Mibolok Village
Cultural groups: Arawe
Person: Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood; PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period: Date made: Before 08/1937
Date collected: 17 June 1937
Acquisition information: Donated: 1938
Materials and processes: Material Bark Cloth Textile Plant, Material Pigment, Process Beaten, Process Painted
Dimensions: Length: max 6770 mm, Width: max 610 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.36.1226 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 1158 No. 13
Research and responses: Short part of collector's cine film shows barkcloth being made and decorated. [CK 04 06 1997]
Note: Mibolok village is the name used by the collector. This village may have moved, may no longer exist or the name could have subsequently changed. [CK 05 09 1997]