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barkcloth
Object Type
barkcloth
Museum number
Oc1895,-.148.a
Description
Barkcloth, cream coloured with rubbed design in reddish pigment.
Excavator/field collector
Field Collection by:
Rev. Dr William Sparrow Simpson
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Samoa (historic)
Materials
paper mulberry bark
Curator's comments
Christy register and first slip for this number state 'Lord Byron's Island', 2nd slip states Samoa.
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks
Acquisition date
1895
Department
Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number
Oc1895,-.148.a
Additional IDs
CDMS number:
Oc1895C3.148a
(old CDMS no.)
Miscellaneous number:
Oc1895E6.41a