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1886.1.1206

Barkcloth. It is dark brown in colour, thin with a fine but dense texture. [AF [OPS move] 17/8/2017]

1886.1.1206

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Collection type
Object
Description
Barkcloth. It is dark brown in colour, thin with a fine but dense texture. [AF [OPS move] 17/8/2017]
Date / Period
Date made: On or before 1828
Date collected
1825 - 1828
Acquisition information
Transferred: 13/02/1886
Materials and processes
Material Bark Cloth Textile Plant, Material Mulberry Bark Plant, Process Beaten
Dimensions
Width: max 1060 mm, Length: max 1280 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1886.1.1206 Other numbers: 1124 267 - 303
Research and responses

This object does not appear in the list of Beechey objects in Collectors Miscellaneous XI 71 - 75 [AP 20/7/99]

Please note that there was no further information about Beechey on the Donor Index cards at the Ashmolean Museum, Department of Antiquities. [L.Ph 23/3/2004]

During a research visit on 8/6/2004 Associate Professor of Botany Will C. McClatchey and Al Keali'i Chock both from the University of Hawaii identified this barkcloth as made of neraudia a native plant of Hawaii that is now endangered. This is a rare piece, only one percent of the collection of barkcloths at the Bishops Museum in Hawaii are made of this. [ZM 17/6/2004]

It is not possible to identify plant material from sight alone. The above information should not be regarded as correct until samples from this barkcloth have been positively identified. [JU 20/06/2012]

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