barkcloth
- Museum number
- Oc1976,06.10
- Description
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Large piece of barkcloth, rectangular, cream background decorated with pale and dark brown design.
- Production date
- 19thC(early)-19thC(mid) (before 1865)
- Dimensions
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Length: 435 centimetres
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Width: 184 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register 1976:
Barkcloth, rectangular, cream background decorated with pale and dark brown design.
10. Old label:
"A Fijian Lady's Dress made from the bark of a tree, worn before their conversion to christianity. Sent to England by a chief of the Islands to a lady for her kindness to him while he was in England translating scripture."
[SAMOA or TONGA].
According to Mr Edgson of the Methodist Missionary Society, these pieces may have been collected by John Hunt and James Calvert between 1838-1840 or received later but before 1865.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1976
- Acquisition notes
- Register information: 'According to Mr Edgson of the Methodist Missionary Society, these pieces may have been collected by John Hunt and James Calvert between 1838-1840 or received later but before 1865'.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1976,06.10