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cape, rain

human history
  • Description

    rain cape made from strips of leaves sewn together. edges decorated with dyed fibre.

  • Place
    Buka Islands/New Guinea (PRE 1975)
  • Accession Number
    1940.143
  • Other Id

    25595.3 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

rain cape

Images and documents

Images

  • rain cape
  • rain cape

Artefact

  • Credit Line
    Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 1940.143, 25595.3
  • Cultural Origin

    Papua New Guinean

  • Place
    Buka Islands/New Guinea (PRE 1975)
  • Media

    plant material

  • Measurement Reading

    500mm (This object was measured as part of a Light Sensitivity gallery survey, undertaken by Sabine Weik in G7 Pacific Lifeways gallery (MPH 26/11/2015).)

    540mm (This object was measured as part of a Light Sensitivity gallery survey, undertaken by Sabine Weik in G7 Pacific Lifeways gallery (MPH 26/11/2015).)

    80mm (This object was measured as part of a Light Sensitivity gallery survey, undertaken by Sabine Weik in G7 Pacific Lifeways gallery (MPH 26/11/2015).)

  • Classification

    Clothing, Outerwear

    Personal Artefacts

  • Media/Materials Notes

    This object was assessed as part of the Light Sensitivity Gallery Survey in G7 Pacific Lifeways.

  • Last Update
    20 Aug 2021
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