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1891.61.24

Barkcloth. White and painted with geometric borders framing zigzags and large leaves. [MJD 05/06/2013]

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1891.61.24

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Collection type
Object
Description
Barkcloth. White and painted with geometric borders framing zigzags and large leaves. [MJD 05/06/2013]
Long description
Barkcloth. White and painted with geometric borders framing zigzags and large leaves. The decoration is painted in red, black and yellow. Three of the sides have fringes. [MJD 05/06/2013]
Geographical reference
Samoa
Oceania > Polynesia > Samoa
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1874
Date collected
By 1874
Acquisition information
Transferred: 1886
Materials and processes
Material Bark Cloth Textile Plant, Material Pigment, Process Painted, Process Beaten
Dimensions
Length: max 2100 mm, Width: max 1450 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1891.61.24
Research and responses

In the George Rolleston archive (Ashmolean Museum) there is a hand-written list of objects presented by the Rev. Joseph King to the Natural History Museum, dated Aug. 31 1874. See the RDF for a copy of this list and for a copy of a letter sent by Rev. Joseph King to George Rolleston mentioning that he is forwarding to him a parcel of "curiosities". [AS 13/03/2012]

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