Textile

Bark Cloth

86-22-1

From: Uganda

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 86-22-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Ganda
Provenience Uganda
Date Made ca. 1950
Section African
Materials Bark
Description

Brown cloth produced by pounding the inner bark of the "mutus" Ficus natalensis tree

Length 457.5 cm
Width 193 cm
Credit Line Gift of John A. Noon, 1986

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