- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Barkcloth. Pale in colour with painted decoration, consisting of blocks of brown with black linear patterns. [AF [OPS Move] 18/7/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Oro Province Yodda River valley
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1903
- Date collected
- Before 1903
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1903
- Materials and processes
- Material Pigment, Material Bark Cloth Textile Plant, Process Beaten, Process Decorated, Process Painted
- Dimensions
- Width: max 450 mm, Length: max 1310 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1903.55.17
Search terms: Barkcloth
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