barkcloth
- Museum number
- Oc1934,1107.2
- Description
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Cloth made of bark. Single layer of cloth, with coarse and fibrous quality, dyed yellow.
- Dimensions
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Length: 199 centimetres
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Width: 75 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Cloth is most likely dyed with 'eka (turmeric).
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British Museum register 1934:
'Similar, yellow [as no.1] [dims]
Given by Paul I Nordmann
8 Square Port Royal
15 Rue de la Santé
Paris XIII'
Comment in Observations column 'Modern Marquesas.'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1934
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1934,1107.2