Object Number | P3308B |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Fiji Islands |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Bark Cloth |
Description | Plain piece of bark cloth, with branch-holes. Catalogued as first stage in preparation [of] (masi) [bark cloth] used as "turban" by men. According to Rod Ewins, not a turban at any stage, but possibly stage one in the production of a felted piece, the stage at which mending of branch holes occurs. |
Length | 89 cm |
Width | 66 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Misses Meta C. and Jane C. Biddle, 1914 |
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