Bark Cloth Material

87-8-33

From: Sulawesi

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 87-8-33
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Sulawesi
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood
Description

Sample of nunu watu ("stone nunu") (Ficus sp.: probably same as nunu lero) (i.e. Ficus infectoria), a tree from which bark for cloth is obtained. Stick with rough grey bark, black at ends.

Length 28 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Lorraine V. Aragon, 1987
Other Number 80B - Other Number

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