Bark Cloth
56-1-62
From: Futuna (uncertain) | Horne Islands (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 56-1-62 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Futuna (uncertain) | Horne Islands (uncertain) |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Bark Cloth | Pigment | Glaze |
Description | Probably half of the original piece. Wide black border on three sides and a long narrow black rectangle at centre of cut side. Balance of surface natural cream with all-over fine-line and solid designs in black and brown in concentric bands (3 sides): triple band of geometric figures; fine checks with diamonds of dots; geometric figures; groups of fine lines with large dots; bands of stepped heavy lines on fine lines with X's of dots. Reverse brown. |
Length | 148.5 cm |
Width | 76 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Robert L. Steinmetz, 1956 |
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