Inner bark specimen which is roughly rectangular in shape and has 'frayed' ends. The specimen is reddish brown and has several longitudinal splits in the surface. On one side there are traces are two white coloured bands. [CW [OPS Move] 31/10/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Inner bark specimen which is roughly rectangular in shape and has 'frayed' ends. The specimen is reddish brown and has several longitudinal splits in the surface. On one side there are traces are two white coloured bands. [CW [OPS Move] 31/10/2016]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; New Britain Bismarck Archipelago South-west Coast Kandrian (Moewehafen)
Cultural groups: Arawe
Person: Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood; PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period: Date made: Before 08/1937
Date collected: June - August 1937
Acquisition information: Donated: 1938
Materials and processes: Material Bark Wood Plant, Material Pigment
Dimensions: Width: max 24 mm, Length: max 185 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.36.1249 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 1181

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