barkcloth
- Museum number
- Oc1944,02.691
- Description
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Cloth made of bark. Rectangular pieces of fine, reddish brown barkcloth.
- Dimensions
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Length: 38 centimetres (appx)
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Width: 27.50 centimetres (appx)
- Curator's comments
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1944 Beasley register - 'Barkcloth, small rectangular piece, brown, coarse texture.
[drawing] L.15.5"'
Information in observations column:
"Tappa from Nouka-Hiva ... brown only worn by royalty. Given by the wife of French Governor, July 19th 81."
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Label attached:
'BEASLEY COLLECTION 2636
Tappa from Nouka Hiva Marquesas
brown only worn by royalty.
Given by the wife of French Governor July 19th 81'
Commandant Henri Isidore Chessé was in power 1880-1, followed in September 1881 (to 1883) by Governor Frédéric Jean Dorlodot des Essarts.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Marked on registration number goes through both layers making it impossible to lay out flat.
- Acquisition date
- 1944
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1944,02.691
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 2636 (Original Beasley Collection Number)