Catalogue no: |
42905 |
Botanical classification: |
MORACEAE Broussonetia sp. |
Donor: |
Rev. T. Powell |
Donor date: |
1866 |
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Geographical origin: |
Southwestern Pacific, Samoa |
Rev. Powell collected this
patterned dress made from the beaten bark of a species of Broussonetia
in his travels around the Sandwich Islands . The dress is
one of many garments made from bark cloth in the Economic Botany
Collections.
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