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Barkcloth

Description

Sheet of white barkcloth with all except the margin at one side stamped with herring-bone, chevron and zigzag ornament in panels in brick red: Pacific Peoples, Fiji, late 19th century

Museum reference

A.1924.514

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Barkcloth

Production information

Fiji, Polynesia

Date

Late 19th century

Style / Culture

Fijian
Pacific Peoples
Melanesian

Materials

Barkcloth

Physical description

Tapa cloth, white; stamped with herring-bone, chevron and zigzag ornament in panels in brick red

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