Bark Cloth
2003-32-283
From: Society Islands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 2003-32-283 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Society Islands |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Bark Cloth | Pigment |
Technique | Printed |
Description | Bark cloth dyed yellow with turmeric. Decorated with red printed ferns (corners) and drawn leaves (sides and center). One tear mended with cotton thread. Exhibited at l'Exposition universelle de Paris 1900. |
Length | 282 cm |
Width | 159 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
Other Number | 1995.X.16467 - Other Number | 15805 - Other Number |
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