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1938.36.1301.1

Bundle of plant fibre [.2] and a narrow length of decorated barkcloth [.1]. Design considerably faded and obscured by dirt from use.

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1938.36.1301.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bundle of plant fibre [.2] and a narrow length of decorated barkcloth [.1]. Design considerably faded and obscured by dirt from use.
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
30 July 1937
Acquisition information
Donated: 1938
Materials and processes
Material Bark Cloth Textile Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Material Pigment, Process Beaten, Process Painted
Dimensions
Width 60 mm, Length 104 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.36.1301.1 Accession number: 1938.36.1301.2 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 1233
Research and responses

Reference: Blackwood, B. and P.M. Danby 1955: ‘A Study of Artificial Cranial Deformation in New Britain.’ JRAI pp.174-195.

Search terms: Body Art, Barkcloth, Children and Childcare, Body Art Accessory

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