Poncho
Bark Cloth
Object Number: | 2003-32-279 |
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Current Location: | Collections Storage |
Provenience: | Society Islands (uncertain) |
Section: | Oceanian |
Materials: | Bark Cloth |
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 |
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.
Bibliography:
[Book] Kooijman, Simon. 1972. Tapa in Polynesia.. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum. Vol. Bulletin 234. General Reference | View Objects related to this General Reference |
[Book] Idiens, Dale. 1999. Cook Islands Art.. Shire Ethnography. Type Citation | View Objects related to this Type Citation |
[Journal] Hiroa, Te Ranga. Arts and Crafts of the Cook Islands.. Honolulu. Bishop Museum Press. General Reference | View Objects related to this General Reference |
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