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Bark Cloth

CIVIC1995.X.16459

From: Society Islands (uncertain) | Tahiti (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number CIVIC1995.X.16459
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Society Islands (uncertain) | Tahiti (uncertain)
Section Oceanian
Materials Bark Cloth
Technique Beaten
Description

Thick, brown bark cloth with some beater marks. Plain. Exhibited at l'Exposition universelle de Paris 1900. Perhaps Society Islands. Similar to 16481, 16483, and 16484.
Length 116 cm
Width 84 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1995.X.16459 - Old Museum Number

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