Bark Cloth

41-33-8

From: Samoa Islands (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 41-33-8
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Samoa Islands (uncertain)
Section Oceanian
Materials Bark Cloth | Pigment
Description

Long narrow strip. Dark brown on lighter brown. The design is in blocks, each the full width of the piece and each divided in half by a lengthwise diagonal; in each of the resulting halves is a figure, alternately (as to blocks) of crossed dumbbells and a chevron.

Length 254.5 cm
Width 14 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Alfred S. Weill, 1941

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