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1887.1.164

Barkcloth, brown with dark brown and red stripes.

1887.1.164

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Collection type
Object
Description
Barkcloth, brown with dark brown and red stripes.
Long description
Barkcloth, brown with dark brown and red stripes. The cloth is made of three layers, all with striped pattern. The top and bottom layers have a watermarked design. The central layers is not watermarked. [MJD 18/06/2013]
Date / Period
Date made: 1864-1877?, uncertain
Date collected
1864 to 1877?
Acquisition information
Transferred: 1886
Materials and processes
Material Bark Cloth Textile Plant, Material Pigment, Process Beaten, Process Painted
Dimensions
Length 5910 mm, Width 2540 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1887.1.164
Research and responses

This barkcloth was examined by Adrienne Kaeppler, Smithsonian Institute, on 13-14 June 2013. She noted the cloth has beaten watermarks. The dark brown colour may be from dying with taro mud. [MJD 18/06/2013]

Mother Bertha (aka Elizabeth Bertha Turnbull or Sister Bertha) arrived in Hawaii on 11 November 1864 and left there on 2 February 1877 (see Thomas Jay Williams, 1965, Priscilla Lydia Sellon, London: S.P.C.K.) [ZM 18/02/2015]

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