barkcloth
- Museum number
- Oc1994,01.36
- Description
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Rectangular barkcloth, natural ecru, with brown painted decoration: in centre naturalistic painting of island in profile, with sun and birds above; underneath in small letters "Ohonua", and below in larger letters "The most beautiful Isle of Eua"; star-like motif on four sides, larger flower motif in each corner; narrow border, solid brown in corners, interrupted lines on sides.
- Production date
- 1954
- Dimensions
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Length: 56 centimetres
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Width: 87 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Collection made by donor in field in 1950s.
See Eth.Doc.1054.
Also MS in Departmental Library, N. Sandwith, "Wide-eyed in Tonga: a South Seas odyssey", and paintings, sketches and photographs in Departmental Pictorial Archive.
Donor's label: "'Eua is south-east of Tongatapu. Hilly, it has hill-streams. In 1954, still unspoilt - a "paradise" with flocks of green parakeets & butterflies."
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Good.
- Acquisition date
- 1994
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1994,01.36