Poncho, Bark Cloth - 2003-32-279 | Collections

Object Number:	2003-32-279
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