Skirt

Bark Cloth

29-58-16

From: Hawaiian Islands

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 29-58-16
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hawaiian
Provenience Hawaiian Islands
Section Oceanian
Materials Bark Cloth | Pigment
Description

Decorated (ruled) with thick lines and bands in brown and red on white (natural) ground. The decoration is divided into panels separated by broad white stripes. In one panel a band of three (red, brown, red) stripes crosses the field diagonally. For general type of decoration see Brigham, plates Q (#2), R, S (#2). For stitching on one edge, cf. 29-58-15; there is a patch loosely basted on.

Length 103.5 cm
Width 64 cm
Credit Line Received from various sources, pre-1929

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