Bark Cloth

50-22-8

From: Samoa Islands

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 50-22-8
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Samoa Islands
Section Oceanian
Materials Bark Cloth | Pigment
Description

Circular. Two-ply. White with decoration in brown and in black-brown varnish: large 8-petalled flower; narrow band of diamonds; wide band of "beehives" filled alternately with cross-hatching and ladders; narrow band of diamonds; band of oval motifs (conventionalized flower buds?); narrow band of rays.

Outside Diameter 133 cm
Credit Line Gift of Charles J. Moore, 1950

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