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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1980.31 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name barkcloth Description Barkcloth (hopu). Very fine white bleached cloth. Hopu was a chiefly prerequisite. Old label reads: 'Otaheite cloth/manufactured by the natives from the bark of the mulberry tree. Miss Studland.' Registration number on stuck-on label. Production place Polynesia, French Polynesia, Society Islands, Tahiti Production period 19th Century, early Material Paper mulberry bark or breadfruit tree bark Dimensions length: 26.00 cm width: 52.00 cm Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1980.31
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

barkcloth
Description

Barkcloth (hopu). Very fine white bleached cloth. Hopu was a chiefly prerequisite. Old label reads: 'Otaheite cloth/manufactured by the natives from the bark of the mulberry tree. Miss Studland.' Registration number on stuck-on label.
Production place

Polynesia, French Polynesia, Society Islands, Tahiti
Production period

19th Century, early
Material

Paper mulberry bark or breadfruit tree bark
Dimensions

Details