Accession No
E 1916.126.56 B
Description
A cylindrical wooden stick on which textiles are tied for dyeing. The light coloured wood has transfer patterns in red with undyed lighter bands, possibly areas of resist dye reflecting where the textile was tied.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Vanuatu [New Hebrides]; Malekula
Period
Source
Layard, John Willoughby [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
E 1916.126.56 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood; Pigment
Local Term
Measurements
683mm
Events
Context (Display)
Old display mount present indicating a previous display history before 1990
Event Date
Author: rachel hand
Context (Field collection)
Collected in 1914- 1915 by the donor John Willoughby Layard during one of the earliest periods of solitary, intensive fieldwork within the developing discipline of British social anthropology.
Event Date 1915
Author: rachel hand
Description (CMS Description)
Stick on which textiles are tied for drying.
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
A cylindrical wooden stick on which textiles are tied for dyeing. The light coloured wood has transfer patterns in red with undyed lighter bands, possibly areas of resist dye reflecting where the textile was tied.
Event Date 1/2/2022
Author: rachel hand
FM:295448
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