Bark Cloth
| Object Number: | 29-58-14 |
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| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Hawaiian |
| Provenience: | Hawaiian Islands |
| Section: | Oceanian |
| Materials: | Bark Cloth Pigment |
| Technique: | Beaten Painted |
| Length: | 159 cm |
| Width: | 60 cm |
| Credit Line: | Received from various sources, pre-1929 |
Description
Decorated (ruled) in black and red on white (natural). For essential elements of design see Brigham, Mem. B.P.B. Mus. Honolulu, III 1911, p. 72. For use of wavy lines as filling of geometrical figures, cf. pl. T, 3; and for use of dots to form groups of broken lines, see pl. 41. For stitching, see p. 104 ff. There are two small patches, tied rather than stitched on, on the "wrong" side.
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