barkcloth
- Museum number
- Oc.4259.a
- Description
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Barkcloth, long and narrow strip of. Thin soft texture. Painted with a glazed black and having a longitudinal brown and white line and two transverse bars of the same.
- Production date
- 1840-1860 (Mid 1800s)
- Dimensions
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Length: 267 centimetres
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Width: 50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Currently stored as Tongan. Registration slip states 'Fiji Islands' and 'Mr Baxendale says Tongan'. J.H 13.12.01
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A piece (b) has been detached and is stored separately in a Solander box and (c) is also in bx17.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2015 5 Feb-6 Dec, London, BM, G91, Shifting patterns: Pacific barkcloth clothing
- Acquisition date
- 1860-1869
- Acquisition notes
- Acquisition details unknown.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc.4259.a
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc186?C1.4259a (old CDMS no.)
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Miscellaneous number: Oc186?E6.29b