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1899.62.566

Barkcloth with painted decoration. The cloth is cream in colour with abstract patterns featuring lines, triangles & circles in brown pigment. [AF [OPS move] 14/8/2017]

1899.62.566

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Collection type
Object
Description
Barkcloth with painted decoration. The cloth is cream in colour with abstract patterns featuring lines, triangles & circles in brown pigment. [AF [OPS move] 14/8/2017]
Geographical reference
Fiji
Oceania > Melanesia > Fiji
Person
Field collector H.A. Tufnell
Field collector Henry Archibald Tufnell
Field collector Sir William MacGregor
PRM source Henry Anson
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1899
Date collected
By 1899
Acquisition information
Donated: 1899.
Materials and processes
Material Bark Cloth Textile Plant, Material Pigment, Process Beaten, Process Painted
Dimensions
Length: max 1800 mm, Width: max 1700 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1899.62.566 Other numbers: Roth 6
Research and responses

Please note - the research notes in the Related Documents File written by Roth on various pieces of Tufnell barkcloth refer to the five of the seven pieces of barkcloth in the Tufnell collection (1899.62.561, .562, .563, .564 and .566) and to 1914.15.33 [MdeA 12/7/2005]

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