| Object Number | 87-8-30 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Sulawesi |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Bark Cloth | Leaves |
| Description | Sample of outer bark from nunu lero (Ficus sp.: probably ficus infectoria), a tree from which bark for cloth is obtained. (See 87-8-1, -2, -4, -7, -8, -9, -10, -11, -13.) The outer bark is discarded, not used for brakcloth. Strip of greyish bark, with short transverse striations reminiscent of those on burch bark. Folded over once. Included with sample: shreds of inner bark and fourteen ovate leaves, originally attached to accompanying twig. |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lorraine V. Aragon, 1987 |
| Other Number | 67 - Other Number |
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