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Object Number
2013.8.18
Display Title
Bark cloth dyed yellow with turmeric for childbirth
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Bark cloth, rectangular shape, dyed yellow, fringed, multiple holes, loose weave
Classification
- Bark cloth
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1994 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Fiji
/
<State>
/
<County>
/
Suva
Materials
Mulberry bark Turmeric
Dimensions
Overall: 130 × 30 × 0.1 cm (51 3/16 × 11 13/16 × 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2013.8.18
Credit Line
Gift of Judith Lopez Billings, Ph.D
Provenance
Collector
Judith Lopez Billings
(1994)
Donor
Donated by
Judith Lopez Billings
(2013)
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