barkcloth; textile; tapa

Long rectangular cream barkcloth with painted decoration in black, and possibly stencilled decoration in brown. The textile is fringed overall. The decoration consists of a centre panel and borders. The panel is decorated with stripes either containing squares divided into triangular shapes alternating with bands, or dentate patterned stripes. The narrower ends have a wider finely patterned, brown border framed by fine lines. The longer sides are bordered with fine brown stencilled stripes. These consist of checks or dots framed by solidly coloured lines.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
1981.216
Date
before December 1899
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 3335 mm x 735 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
barkcloth; pigment
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
In storage
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