barkcloth
- Museum number
- Oc2003,05.1
- Description
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Barkcloth with designs painted in brown pigment. Sixteen squares arranged in grid pattern: the first and third rows of squares have geometric patterns including triangles and zigzag lines in dark brown pigment; squares in the second and fourth rows each have a central star motif in dark brown, some of which appear to have an imprinted leaf pattern. Narrow edge of plain cloth, wider on two sides.
- Production date
- 1945 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Length: 139.50 centimetres
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Width: 130 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Cloth was likely decorated on a carved wooden design tablet and then overpainted.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2003
- Acquisition notes
- Original 2003 Donations book entry states the cloths were made in Samoa circa 1945.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc2003,05.1