Bark Cloth

29-58-14

From: Hawaiian Islands

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 29-58-14
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hawaiian
Provenience Hawaiian Islands
Section Oceanian
Materials Bark Cloth | Pigment
Technique Beaten | Painted
Description

Decorated (ruled) in black and red on white (natural). For essential elements of design see Brigham, Mem. B.P.B. Mus. Honolulu, III 1911, p. 72. For use of wavy lines as filling of geometrical figures, cf. pl. T, 3; and for use of dots to form groups of broken lines, see pl. 41. For stitching, see p. 104 ff. There are two small patches, tied rather than stitched on, on the "wrong" side.

Length 159 cm
Width 60 cm
Credit Line Received from various sources, pre-1929

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