Dye roller

Museum number:

11-437

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Accession number:

Acc.25

Description:

Dye roller for printing on tapa cloth.

Donor:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Collection place:

Levuka, Ovalau Island, Lomaiviti Province

Verbatim coll. place:

Fiji

Culture or time period:

Melanesian

Collector:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Materials:

Bamboo (material) and String (fiber product)

Object type:

ethnography

Function:

1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits

Accession date:

December 15, 1901

Department:

Oceania

Loans:

S1962-1963 #34: Department of Anthropology (SF State University) (January 12, 1963–January 28, 1963), S1963-1964 #41: Department of Home Economics (UC Davis) (November 14, 1963–January 7, 1964), S1963-1964 #51: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (November 27, 1963–January 11, 1964), and S1975-1976 #72: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (April 19, 1976–September 14, 1976)

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