Unknown Maker, Hawaiian

Room divider

Maker

Unknown Maker, Hawaiian

Culture

Hawaiian

Title

Room divider

Year

1800s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

bark

Geography

Place Made: Hawaii

Dimensions

Width: 119.4 cm (47 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Brown University

Object Number

22.066

Type

Exhibition History

Cloth Without Weaving
Beaten Barkcloth of the Pacific Islands
Nov 01, 2000 – Feb 18, 2001

Label copy

Indian printed cottons may have been the source for this design, while the decorative repeat patterning is achieved by two methods thought to be unique to Hawaii. The striped elements are stamped with a liner (lapa), a long strip of bamboo upon which several carved bamboo cross­ sections have been arranged in a pattern. The liner is dipped into paint and pressed onto dry, bleached barkcloth. An individual bamboo stamp is used to fill the ground between the stripes with scattered circular motifs.

Pacific Islands Tapa Cloth
Jul 17, 1992 – Oct 18, 1992

Image use

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Unknown Maker, Hawaiian
Room divider, 1800s
Beaten and fermented bark fiber, stamping
Width: 119.4 cm (47 inches)
Gift of Brown University 22.066

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