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Painted Barkcloth (Pongo or Murumba)

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Painted Barkcloth (Pongo or Murumba)

Mid-20th century

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Painted Barkcloth (Pongo or Murumba)

Mid-20th century

Physical Qualities Bark, pigment, 33 3/4 × 23 in. (85.7 × 58.4 cm.)
Credit Line The Amy Gould/Matthew Polk Fund
Object Number 2021.212
BMA by purchase, 2021; Andres Moraga Textile Art, by purchase; Emmanuel Paye
Kevin Tervala, "The Matter of Bark Cloth," Baltimore Museum of Art, May 7-October 1, 2023.
"Ongoing Exhibitions," BMA Today, Issue 171, Summer 2023, p. 30.

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