Bark cloth

Museum number:
5-2629
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1685
Description:
Bark cloth; irregular shapes; used as covering for masks; blankets; in grain storage bins; approx 68 inches x 50 inches.
Donor:
Bonnie B. Keller and University Appropriation
Collection place:
African Craft Village, Livingstone Museum, Zambia
Verbatim coll. place:
No. Rhodesia; African Craft Village; Livingstone; Balovale and Lozi tribes
Culture or time period:
Balovale
Materials:
Bark (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bark cloth, accession number 5-2629, described as Bark cloth; irregular shapes; used as covering for masks; blankets; in grain storage bins; approx 68 inches x 50 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bark cloth, accession number 5-2629, described as Bark cloth; irregular shapes; used as covering for masks; blankets; in grain storage bins; approx 68 inches x 50 inches.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bark cloth, accession number 5-2629, described as Bark cloth; irregular shapes; used as covering for masks; blankets; in grain storage bins; approx 68 inches x 50 inches.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bark cloth, accession number 5-2629, described as Bark cloth; irregular shapes; used as covering for masks; blankets; in grain storage bins; approx 68 inches x 50 inches.

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