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Bark cloth (tapa cloth)
Oceanian
20th century
Object Place: Oceania
Medium/Technique
Mulberry bark fiber; pounded, block-printed, painted
Dimensions
38.1 x 313.69 cm (15 x 123 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Juraku Company, Ltd.
Accession Number1985.392
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Africa and Oceania, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionBark cloth (tapa cloth) with design of seven compartments containing geometric and organic designs formed by negative images of brown and black block-printing on natural ground made from the pounded inner bark of the mulberry tree; some areas are hand-painted.
ProvenanceGift of Juraku Co., Ltd., Kyoto, to the MFA on June 26, 1985