Poncho

2003-32-341

From: Polynesia | Society Islands (uncertain) | Tahiti (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 2003-32-341
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Polynesia | Society Islands (uncertain) | Tahiti (uncertain)
Section Oceanian
Materials Bark | Pigment
Technique Beaten | Printed
Description

Large poncho of gauzy bark cloth with red printed leaves. "Tahitian (?) bark cloth with diagnostic leaf pattern. Printed and painted. Made into Blouse." Exhibited at L'Exposition universelle de Paris 1900.

Length 147 cm
Width 119 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1995.X.16465 - Other Number | CIVIC1995.X.16465 - Other Number | 2817 or 2819 - Other Number

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