Poncho
Bark Cloth
2003-32-279
From: Society Islands (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 2003-32-279 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Society Islands (uncertain) |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Bark Cloth |
| Description | Bark cloth poncho decorated with tiny triangular and diamond-shaped perforations in rows around the neck, at the bottom, and in concentric circles across the middle. Fringed at sides and bottom, much of which is missing. Exhibited at l'Exposition universelle de Paris 1900. Probably Cook Islands, Mangaia or Rarotonga. |
| Length | 80 cm |
| Width | 104 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number | 1995.X.16100 - Other Number | CIVIC1995.X.16100 - Other Number |
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