Bark Cloth
| Object Number: | CIVIC1995.X.16459 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Society Islands (uncertain) Tahiti (uncertain) |
| Section: | Oceanian |
| Materials: | Bark Cloth |
| Technique: | Beaten |
| Length: | 116 cm |
| Width: | 84 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number: | 1995.X.16459 - Other Number |
Description
Thick, brown bark cloth with some beater marks. Plain. Exhibited at l'Exposition universelle de Paris 1900. Perhaps Society Islands. Similar to 16481, 16483, and 16484.
Bibliography:
| [Book] Kooijman, Simon. 1972. Tapa in Polynesia.. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum. Vol. Bulletin 234. General Reference : Page/Fig./Plate: 17 | View Objects related to this General Reference |
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