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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1980.32 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name barkcloth Description Barkcloth, small rectangular piece, sample on card. Painted black with a pattern of lines and zigzags. Such a pattern may have been associated with rank (Koojiman 1972, p.53). Very early label on the reverse reads: 'Piece of a Chiefs belt - Mangaia.' Said to have been collected before 1847 and is therefore very rare. Production place Polynesia, Cook Islands, Mangaia Production period 19th Century, early Material Paper mulberry bark or breadfruit tree bark, pigment Dimensions length: 20.00 cm width: 15.00 cm Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1980.32
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

barkcloth
Description

Barkcloth, small rectangular piece, sample on card. Painted black with a pattern of lines and zigzags. Such a pattern may have been associated with rank (Koojiman 1972, p.53). Very early label on the reverse reads: 'Piece of a Chiefs belt - Mangaia.' Said to have been collected before 1847 and is therefore very rare.
Production place

Polynesia, Cook Islands, Mangaia
Production period

19th Century, early
Material

Paper mulberry bark or breadfruit tree bark, pigment
Dimensions

Details