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Object Number
2013.8.5
Display Title
Black and white masi bark cloth with stencilled petticoat lace designs
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Barkcloth, square, overall, multiple black, white patterns
Classification
- Bark cloth
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1994 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Fiji
/
<State>
/
<County>
/
Taveuni
Materials
Mulberry bark , Soot
Dimensions
Other: 61.3 x 59.6 cm (24 1/8 x 23 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2013.8.5
Credit Line
Gift of Judith Lopez Billings, Ph.D
Provenance
Collector
Judith Lopez Billings
(1994-2013)
Donor
Donated by
Judith Lopez Billings
(1994-2013)
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