- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Barkcloth waist cloth painted with geometric design. Rolled [FB 18/12/2014]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1904
- Date collected
- Before 1904
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1904
- Materials and processes
- Material Bark Cloth Textile Plant, Material Pigment, Process Beaten, Process Painted
- Dimensions
- Width: max 160 mm, Length: max 535 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1904.60.74
Search terms: Clothing, Ornament, Barkcloth, Waist Cloth, Waist Ornament
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