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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1980.29 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name barkcloth Description Barkcloth (kapa) Kua'ula sample. Large rectangular sheet of white cloth, with corner cut out and missing. In manufacture it has been given a ribbed appearance. The method involved laying the cloth over a grooved anvil and rubbing it with a special skate-shaped wooden instrument so that the part of the cloth was forced into the underlying groove. They were made by men not women and were in great demand for loincloths and wraparound skirts (koojiman 1972, p117). Registration number on stuck-on label. Production place Polynesia, Hawaiian Islands, Tahiti Production period 19th Century, 20th Century Material Paper mulberry bark or breadfruit tree bark Dimensions length: 180.00 cm width: 434.00 cm Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1980.29
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

barkcloth
Description

Barkcloth (kapa) Kua'ula sample. Large rectangular sheet of white cloth, with corner cut out and missing. In manufacture it has been given a ribbed appearance. The method involved laying the cloth over a grooved anvil and rubbing it with a special skate-shaped wooden instrument so that the part of the cloth was forced into the underlying groove. They were made by men not women and were in great demand for loincloths and wraparound skirts (koojiman 1972, p117). Registration number on stuck-on label.
Production place

Polynesia, Hawaiian Islands, Tahiti
Production period

19th Century, 20th Century
Material

Paper mulberry bark or breadfruit tree bark
Dimensions

Details