Bark Cloth

2003-32-285

From: Society Islands | Tahiti

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 2003-32-285
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Society Islands | Tahiti
Section Oceanian
Materials Bark Cloth
Description

Heavy, brown bark cloth with parallel beater marks. According to tag, “étoffe indigene/mûrier à papier [indigenous cloth/paper mulberry].” Exhibited at l'Exposition universelle de Paris 1900.

Length 185 cm
Width 184 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1995.X.16479 - Other Number | 12156 - Other Number

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