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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:ISH.2021.212 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name barkcloth Description Barkcloth (masi kesa?). Rectangular piece of tapa with zigzg edges. Red and black on cream geometrical design, repeating vertical and horizontal lines with different infills. The design is divided vertically into two strips with alternate the design, horizontal opposite vertical. Early 19th century (or earlier?) Old label: "Cloth made of the inner bark of a tree" (label now missing). Returned from Pitt Rivers Museum. Presented by Mrs Edwards, Whitton 1874. Production place Polynesia, Fiji Production period 19th Century, early, 19th Century, middle Material Paper mulberry bark, pigment Dimensions length: 119.00 cm width: 40.00 cm Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:ISH.2021.212
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

barkcloth
Description

Barkcloth (masi kesa?). Rectangular piece of tapa with zigzg edges. Red and black on cream geometrical design, repeating vertical and horizontal lines with different infills. The design is divided vertically into two strips with alternate the design, horizontal opposite vertical. Early 19th century (or earlier?) Old label: "Cloth made of the inner bark of a tree" (label now missing). Returned from Pitt Rivers Museum. Presented by Mrs Edwards, Whitton 1874.
Production place

Polynesia, Fiji
Production period

19th Century, early, 19th Century, middle
Material

Paper mulberry bark, pigment
Dimensions

Details