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Barkcloth strip from Fiji
1860/1865
British Museum
London, United Kingdom
Long, narrow piece of decorated barkcloth, the edges fringed. It is cut at one end. Thin papery consistency, white with patterns in black and red created through rubbing in the central section, with stencilled and painted designs along the edge. Only part has the pattern in two colours, the other end has the compartments printed in red only.
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- Title: Barkcloth strip from Fiji
- Date Created: 1860/1865
- Physical Dimensions: Length: 57 feet Width: 72 centimetres (without fringes) Width: 80 centimetres (including fringes)
- Provenance: Donated by: Julius Lucius Brenchley (1865)
- Production place: Fiji, Windward Islands
- Copyright: © The Trustees of The British Museum
- British Museum link: Oc.6615.a
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