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Bark for making bark cloth
Bark for making bark cloth
Object Number 22-2-50/B3613
Display Title Bark for making bark cloth
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bark cloth, long narrow strip, rolled, strips of fiber tied around
Classification
  • Textile
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bene
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Materials Barkcloth, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 14 x 10.8 x 6.5 cm (5 1/2 x 4 1/4 x 2 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 22-2-50/B3613

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