Lot 33
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A RARE FUTUNA BARK CLOTH PANEL, salatasi

Details
A RARE FUTUNA BARK CLOTH PANEL, salatasi

Painted overall with ruled cross-hatched rectalinear, zig-zag and chevron motifs, the center with a decitate design bordered on three sides with a broad bown band. Framed and sold with a book.
34 x 65½in. (86.3 x 165.1cm.) framed (2)

Lot Essay

Sold with a copy of Leonard, A., and Terrell, J., Patterns of Paradise, Chicago, 1980

Futuna is known to have produced some of the finest and most beautiful bark cloth in Polynesia. Designs of this type, known as "half designs", were made into kilts which were worn on special occasions, and were considered valuable heirlooms.