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Marquesan. <em>Loin Cloth</em>, before 1938. Barkcloth, a: 84 13/16 × 54 1/16 in. (215.5 × 137.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.98a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.42.211.98a_view01.jpg)
Marquesan. Loin Cloth, before 1938. Barkcloth, a: 84 13/16 × 54 1/16 in. (215.5 × 137.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.98a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.42.211.98a_view01.jpg)
Marquesan. <em>Loin Cloth</em>, before 1938. Barkcloth, a: 84 13/16 × 54 1/16 in. (215.5 × 137.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.98a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.42.211.98a_view01.jpg)

Marquesan. Loin Cloth, before 1938. Barkcloth, a: 84 13/16 × 54 1/16 in. (215.5 × 137.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.98a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.42.211.98a_view01.jpg)

Marquesan. <em>Loin Cloth</em>, before 1938. Barkcloth, a: 84 13/16 × 54 1/16 in. (215.5 × 137.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.98a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.42.211.98b_view01.jpg)

Marquesan. Loin Cloth, before 1938. Barkcloth, a: 84 13/16 × 54 1/16 in. (215.5 × 137.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.98a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.42.211.98b_view01.jpg)

Marquesan. <em>Loin Cloth</em>, before 1938. Barkcloth, a: 84 13/16 × 54 1/16 in. (215.5 × 137.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.98a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.98b.jpg)

Marquesan. Loin Cloth, before 1938. Barkcloth, a: 84 13/16 × 54 1/16 in. (215.5 × 137.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.98a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.98b.jpg)

Marquesan. <em>Loin Cloth</em>, before 1938. Barkcloth, a: 84 13/16 × 54 1/16 in. (215.5 × 137.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.98a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.42.211.98b_view02.jpg)

Marquesan. Loin Cloth, before 1938. Barkcloth, a: 84 13/16 × 54 1/16 in. (215.5 × 137.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.98a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.42.211.98b_view02.jpg)

Marquesan. <em>Loin Cloth</em>, before 1938. Barkcloth, a: 84 13/16 × 54 1/16 in. (215.5 × 137.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.98a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.42.211.98b_view02 (2).jpg)

Marquesan. Loin Cloth, before 1938. Barkcloth, a: 84 13/16 × 54 1/16 in. (215.5 × 137.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.98a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.42.211.98b_view02 (2).jpg)

Marquesan. <em>Loin Cloth</em>, before 1938. Barkcloth, a: 84 13/16 × 54 1/16 in. (215.5 × 137.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.98a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.42.211.98b_number1.jpg)

Marquesan. Loin Cloth, before 1938. Barkcloth, a: 84 13/16 × 54 1/16 in. (215.5 × 137.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.98a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.42.211.98b_number1.jpg)

Marquesan. <em>Loin Cloth</em>, before 1938. Barkcloth, a: 84 13/16 × 54 1/16 in. (215.5 × 137.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.98a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.42.211.98a_number.jpg)

Marquesan. Loin Cloth, before 1938. Barkcloth, a: 84 13/16 × 54 1/16 in. (215.5 × 137.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.98a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.42.211.98a_number.jpg)

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Loin Cloth

Arts of the Pacific Islands

CULTURE Marquesan
MEDIUM Barkcloth
  • Place Collected: Omoa Valley, Marquesas Islands, Fatu Hiva, French Polynesia
    • DATES before 1938
    DIMENSIONS a: 84 13/16 × 54 1/16 in. (215.5 × 137.3 cm) b: 79 5/16 × 53 1/8 in. (201.5 × 135 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of the Pacific Islands
    ACCESSION NUMBER 42.211.98a-b
    CREDIT LINE A. Augustus Healy Fund
    PROVENANCE Prior to 1938, provenance not yet documented; by 1938, reportedly taken from a Marquesan home by Thor Heyerdahl of Lillehammer, Norway; May 1942, purchased from Thor Heyerdahl by the Brooklyn Museum.
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    CAPTION Marquesan. Loin Cloth, before 1938. Barkcloth, a: 84 13/16 × 54 1/16 in. (215.5 × 137.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.98a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.42.211.98a_view01.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.42.211.98a_view01.jpg., 2018
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    Marquesan. <em>Loin Cloth</em>, before 1938. Barkcloth, a: 84 13/16 × 54 1/16 in. (215.5 × 137.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.98a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.42.211.98a_view01.jpg)

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