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1939.11.37

Bark cloth. [BS [OPS move] 7/8/2017]

1939.11.37

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bark cloth. [BS [OPS move] 7/8/2017]
Long description
Bark cloth. Deep orange in colour and rectangular with smaller pieces of bark cloth stitched together to form the whole. Stamped and painted decoration in dark pigment depicts elaborate geometric decoration on one side with triangular sections featuring 'C' shapes, narrow and long triangles and circles. [BS [OPS move] 7/8/2017]
Person
Field collector Arthur Theodore Culwick
Field collector Geraldine Mary Culwick
PRM source Arthur Theodore Culwick
PRM source Geraldine Mary Culwick
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1939
Date collected
By 1939
Acquisition information
Donated: 1939
Materials and processes
Material Bark Cloth Textile Plant, Material Pigment, Process Dyed, Process Beaten, Process Printed, Process Painted, Process Stitched
Dimensions
Length: max 2770 mm, Width: max 2010 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1939.11.37

Search terms: Barkcloth, Clothing, Textile, Body Cloth

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