Bark Cloth
22024
From: Samoa Islands | Upolu
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 22024 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Samoa Islands | Upolu |
Date Made | 1900 |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Bark Cloth | Pigment |
Description | Several layers felted together, hand painted. Criss-crossed by thick black, brown-edged lines, forming lattice. Diamond-shaped areas, subdivided into triangles, filled with sprays of reddish-brown and black leaves. Very poor condition. |
Length | 260 cm |
Width | 188 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Henry C. Eckstein, 1900 |
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