Skirt-bark cloth
Production date
Pre 1968
Country
Solomon Islands
State/Province
Isabel
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Description
Register description: Skirt-bark cloth, plain, elastic waistband. L.730mm,W.720mm
Classification
CH classification INDIGENOUS CULTURES Melanesian & South Sea Islander skirt
CH classification INDIGENOUS CULTURES Melanesian & South Sea Islander bark cloth
CH classification INDIGENOUS CULTURES Melanesian & South Sea Islander bark cloth
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Production date
Pre 1968
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Measurements
L.730, W.720 mm
Media/Materials description
Bark cloth, elastic
History and use
This skirt is from the Helen Barrett collection, which was donated to Queensland Museum in 2014. Miss Helen Barrett worked as a nurse with the Australian Board of Mission in Solomon Islands from 1947 until 1984. Barrett was based at Tasia in Isabel Province, and Maravovo on Guadalcanal before being stationed at the Hospital of the Epiphany at Fauabu, Malaita from 1968 until 1984. In the 1990s, Barrett worked with the Mothers Union in the Torres Strait Islands. Her collection largely comprises of objects that were presented as gifts over the course of her missionary work in Melanesia.
The skirt has been made from bark cloth with an elastic waist added.
The skirt has been made from bark cloth with an elastic waist added.
Registration number
E17331
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