Bark Cloth
| Object Number: | 2003-32-284 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Society Islands Tahiti |
| Section: | Oceanian |
| Materials: | Bark Cloth |
| Length: | 173 cm |
| Width: | 162 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number: | 1995.X.16478 - Other Number 12159 - Other Number |
Description
Heavy, brown bark cloth with parallel beater marks. Exhibited at l'Exposition universelle de Paris 1900. According to tag, "Tahiti 12159/étoffe indigene/mûrier à papier [indigenous cloth/paper mulberry].” According to sticker, “étoffe en écorce d’arbre à pain Artocarpus incisa [bark cloth of breadfruit tree (Artocarpus incisa)].”
Bibliography:
| [Book] Kooijman, Simon. 1972. Tapa in Polynesia.. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum. Vol. Bulletin 234. General Reference | View Objects related to this General Reference |
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