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Half of a blanket
Sandwich Islands
Medium/Technique
Beaten inner bark of the paper mulberry tree, starch, colored plant resin and pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 204.5 x 156.8 cm (80 1/2 x 61 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Greely Loring
Accession Number95.218
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CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionMade from the bark of the bread-fruit tree. The design, which is painted with two shades of brown and a dark tone, almost black, consists of center field of dark brown and various arrangements of diagonals, zig-zags etc. on a squared ground.