Bark Cloth Material

87-8-28

From: Sulawesi

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 87-8-28
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Sulawesi
Section Oceanian
Materials Bark Cloth
Description

Sample of bark of mayo (Trema amboinensis), a tree from which bark for cloth is obtained. See barkcloth sample 87-8-21. Stiff, narrow strip of bark, curling on itself longitudinally.

Length 57 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Lorraine V. Aragon, 1987
Other Number 80a - Other Number

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