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Bark Cloth

Jacket made of bark cloth

Jacket made of bark cloth

Catalogue no:

73130

Botanical classification:

MORACEAE Ficus sp.

Donor:

S. Bidgood

Donor date:

1994

Geographical origin:

East Tropical Africa, Tanzania, Kigoma

This jacket collected from Kigoma, the Capital of the Western Region in Tanzania, is probably made of a species of Ficus known locally as Melumba.

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