'A Collection of specimens of bark cloth as collected in the different voyages of Capt. Cook to the...
'A Collection of specimens of bark cloth as collected in the different voyages of Capt. Cook to the...
'A Collection of specimens of bark cloth as collected in the different voyages of Capt. Cook to the South Sea'
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SAFE/C 523 (Safe 1/240)
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Physical Description
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0.05 metres of textual material (includes specimens) (1 volume) - 18.5cm x 15cm in box - manuscript
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Contents
The volume contains 50 specimens of tapa cloth and 6 samples of feathers, human hair and twine. The text describes the origins of the cloth as Tahiti, Raiatea, Huaheine, Hawaii, New Zealand, New Caledonia and Tonga. However, none of the specimens is from New Zealand or New Caledonia.
The title page is written by hand in ink, with words added in...
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Full title
'A Collection of specimens of bark cloth as collected in the different voyages of Capt. Cook to the South Sea'
Notes
General note
Listed in M.K. Beddie, Bibliography of Captain James Cook, item no. 3643
Exhibited in 'Cook's Sites' at the Museum of Sydney in 2005, but incorrectly described as 'A Catalogue of the different specimens of cloth collected in the three voyages of Captain Cook to the southern hemisphere', Alexander Shaw, London, 1787
Digital order no:Album ID : 823465...
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Acquired by the Library from Maggs Bros. for David Scott Mitchell in 1902. Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907
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Call Numbers
SAFE/C 523 (Safe 1/240)
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1kVdz7dn
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446449
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