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Bark cloth in herringbone strips
Bark cloth in herringbone strips
Object Number 17-41-50/B2037
Display Title Bark cloth in herringbone strips
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bark cloth band, strips stitched together to form herringbone pattern in alternating light and dark colors, strips along perimeter also, losses
Classification
  • Bark cloth
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bakuba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Zaire
Materials Barkcloth , Thread
Dimensions Overall: 98 x 32 x 0.3 cm (38 9/16 x 12 5/8 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-2037; 17-41-50/B-2037

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