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Barkcloth kapa
Place: HawaiiCategory: Barkcloth
Hawaii, l. 27 cm, w. 70 cm, Inv. Oz 588
Humphrey No. 26: ‘Another [piece of thin bark Cloth], of a deep red color, and oiled, from ditto [Sandwich Islands].’
The barkcloth is very thin and dyed red. It is full of holes. Inken Köhler
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