IDNO

T.111189.GTN

Description

Woman demonstrating the use of a rubbing board to pattern barkcloth. The dye is in a coconut shell balanced on three stones in the foreground. A siapo barkcloth is in the background on the right, and a piece decorated with wool (probably a Fijian influence) on the left. [Information by the Ancient Futures Project, JD 12/10/2018]

Place

Oceania Polynesia; Samoa

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Merensky, Jutta (later Gethen)

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa 1960s

Collection Name

Gethen Collection

Source

Hofmeyr, Carol and Hofmeyr, Justus (Dr.s)

Format

Transparency Colour

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.111029.GTN - T.111323.GTN were found in a red shoe box, now numbered C618/.

Place: The Place field was previously recorded as being “Oceania Polynesia; ?Cook Islands; ?Samoa; ?Tonga”, but has now been identified as related to Samoa by the Ancient Futures Project. The Place field has been amended accordingly. [The Ancient Futures Research Team comprises of Tongan Artists and specialists in Tongan history, material culture and museum collections, JD 12/10/2018]