Bark Cloth Material

87-8-31

From: Sulawesi

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 87-8-31
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Sulawesi
Section Oceanian
Materials Bark Cloth
Description

Sample of inner bark from nunu lero (Ficus sp.: probably ficus infectoria), a tree from which bark for cloth is obtained. (See 87-8-1, -2, -4, -7, -8, -9, -10, -11, -13.) Long strip, 2.5 cm at widest. Smooth, light brown, splitting longitudinally.

Length 16 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Lorraine V. Aragon, 1987
Other Number 67 - Other Number

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