robe;
garment;
barkcloth
- Museum number
- Oc.1590.a
- Description
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Barkcloth of soft texture, said to be a robe. Whitish colour with rubbed pattern of narrow brown pigment lines. The brown lines form patterns of parallel longitudinal lines filled with transverse lines with an occasional double waved line. The white border has diagonal brown lines. A corner (b) has been detached and is stored separately.
- Dimensions
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Length: 173 centimetres (from registration slip)
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Width: 116 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Marked in black ink:
Cloth / made by the natives of Tongataboo one of the Friendly Isles / from Bark
Handwritten in pencil: Arley Castle
Stuck-on handwritten label: Not Fiji Perhaps Tongan A. von Hugel
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1860-1869
- Acquisition notes
- As this has handwritten in pencil 'Arley Castle, it would indicate it came from Earl Mountnorris. His collection was sold by auction in 1852.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc.1590.a
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc186?C1.1590a (old CDMS no.)
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Miscellaneous number: Oc186?E6.38