Bark Cloth

50-22-12

From: Samoa Islands

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 50-22-12
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Samoa Islands
Section Oceanian
Materials Bark Cloth | Pigment | Glaze
Description

Water-proof. Rather light red-brown except for scalloped edge which is white with brown hatching and cross-hatching. Black decoration: band of conventionalized leaves at each end and at centre with checkered band between; fine diagonal lines with small separated triangles, some solid.

Length 175.5 cm
Width 134 cm
Credit Line Gift of Charles J. Moore, 1950

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