Cloth
2016-20-39
From: Philippine Islands (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 2016-20-39 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Philippine Islands (uncertain) |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Banana Fiber |
| Description | Length of banana fiber (?) cloth, bold dark red, yellow and cream colored plaid, from same piece as 2016-20-38. Handwritten sewn-on label on 2016-20-38: "Grass Cloth / Used to cover walls and for hanging at doorways." Displayed at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis in 1904. |
| Length | 116.1 cm |
| Width | 50.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2016 |
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