Curtain

Description

Curtain of barkcloth, painted in black with leafy, toothed and other patterns in oblong compartments divided by borders of crosses: Pacific Peoples, Samoa

Museum reference

A.1897.188.5

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Curtain

Production information

Samoa, Samoan Islands, Polynesia

Style / Culture

Pacific Peoples

Materials

Barkcloth

Physical description

Cloth made from bark; painted in black with leafy, toothed and other patterns

Associations

Previous owner: Stevenson, Margaret Isabella, nee Balfour, 1829 - 1897
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850 - 1894