tree bark cloth
Objectcode
EA/79/3
Description (brief)
Large cloth made of beaten tree bark, probably used as wall decoration. Decorated with several geometrical motives in square and rectangular shapes. The motives are painted in black, reddish brown and green.
Dating
vermoedelijk 1950
Production technique
The bark is beaten into cloth.
Thesaurus terms
Cultural
Cultural origin
» Papua
» Bird's Head
» Vogelkop centraal
» Ayfat Ayamaru Region
» Ayfat Ayamaru localities
» Taminabuan
Cultural origin
» Papua
» Bird's Head
» Vogelkop centraal
» Ayfat Ayamaru Region
Geographic
Geographical term
» Papua
» Division West New Guinea
» Subdivision Teminabuan
» Ayamaru
Object category
OVM Category
» vestiging
» huisraad
» siervoorwerpen, decoratieve voorwerpen