Colouring of Pacific barkcloths: identification of the brown, red and yellow colourants used in the decoration of historic Pacific barkcloths

Flowers, T. H.; Smith, M. J.; Brunton, J.

doi:10.1186/s40494-018-0243-9

Heritage Science

Table 1 Details of the size, descriptions and areas of backcloths sampled

From: Colouring of Pacific barkcloths: identification of the brown, red and yellow colourants used in the decoration of historic Pacific barkcloths

Accession number	Origin (tentative)	Length (mm)	Width (mm)	Description (mm)	Colours sampled HPLC	Colours sampled XRF
CTCTAH sample book
CTCSB2016 No.10	Tahiti	209	131	Plain yellow	Yellow
CTCSB2016 No.18	Tahiti	89	52	Red/yellow/black pattern	Yellow
CTCSB2016 No.20	Hawaii	71	54	Plain red	Red
CTCSB2016 No.23	Tahiti	200	128	Plain red	Red
CTCSB2016 No. 29	Tonga	67	49	Red/yellow/black pattern	Yellow
Hunterian museum
E417/2	Samoa	2150	1865	Black/yellow pattern on undyed background	Yellow
E417/5	Fiji	2200	590	Black with red border	Red
E417/11	Tonga	1570	710	Red zigzags on black background	Red	Red
E457/3	Hawaii	1650	1350	Red and yellow stripes on undyed background	Yellow
E458/1	Samoa or Cook Islands	1840	900	Yellow/black pattern on undyed background	Yellow
E458/2	Hawaii	950	750	Thin red stripes on yellow background	Yellow
E458/3	Fiji	2120	1800	Brown line pattern on undyed background red/black border	Brown, red
E458/4	Tahiti or Marquesas Islands	3930	1480	Plain red-brown	Red-brown
E458/6	Tonga	3530	1580	Plain brown and brown/yellow pattern	Brown
E591/4	Polynesia	1220	950	Undyed cloth	Undyed
E594/2	Tahiti	1310	430	Undyed cloth	Undyed
E594/8	Tahiti	810	360	Undyed cloth	Undyed
E595	Tonga	2930	1590	Red with undyed spots	Red	Red
E595/1	Tahiti	1960	1090	Red pattern on yellow background	Red, yellow
E596/1	Tahiti or Hawaii	440	250	Undyed cloth		Undyed
E596/5	Tahiti	415	290	Undyed cloth		Undyed
E596/6	Tahiti	300	140	Undyed cloth	Undyed
E596/7	Fiji	1550	954	Undyed cloth		Undyed
E596/8	Tahiti	173	153	Undyed cloth		Undyed
E598/1	Hawaii	233	172	Red/yellow/black/undyed stripe pattern	Red, yellow	Red, yellow, undyed
E598/2	Hawaii	198	160	Red/black pattern	Red	Red
E598/3	Hawaii	443	113	Red/yellow/black pattern	Red	Red
E598/4	Hawaii	350	247	Red/yellow/black pattern	Red	Red
Hunterian museum
E599	Tahiti or Hawaii	1300	1050	Dark brown flaking coating	Dark brown	Dark brown, bare
E600	Tahiti or Hawaii	945	440	Red border stripe on undyed cloth	Red	Red, undyed
E601	Hawaii	910	755	Red, grey and undyed stripes	Red, undyed
E602	Hawaii	780	500	Red/yellow/black pattern	Red, yellow	Red, yellow
E603	Tahiti	1100	670	Plain red-brown cloth	Red-brown
E606	Cook Islands	522	175	Plain red and undyed blocks	Red, undyed	Red, undyed
E608	Tahiti	530	510	Plain yellow	Yellow
E610	Fiji	1545	890	Undyed cloth		Undyed
E611/3	Hawaii	2100	1200	Mottled grey		Grey
E667	Hawaii	990	860	Red/yellow/black pattern	Red
Kew EBC
42853A	Hawaii	110	85	Plain red cloth	Red	Red
42861	Samoa	2340	950	Poncho red/black/undyed pattern		Red, undyed
42863	Samoa	2045	1950	Stripe and leaf pattern on undyed background	Red-brown, Yellow
42885H	Hawaii	560	230	Plain dark brown cloth	Dark brown
42947A	Hawaii	2190	955	Red handprints on yellow background	Red, yellow
42947B	Hawaii	1550	1340	Red stripes on yellow background	Red, yellow	Red, yellow
42958A	Hawaii	1760	1713	Red pattern on yellow background	Yellow
42958B	Hawaii	1350	1180	Brown and fine red pattern on undyed background	Brown, light brown
42958C	Hawaii	1374	938	Red leaf pattern on yellow background	Red, yellow
42965	Hawaii	2732	2117	Undyed cloth	Undyed
42966	Hawaii	3455	2340	Mottled red on undyded background	Red
42967	Hawaii	3308	2576	Red/purple mottles in triangular pattern	Red, purple
42979	South Sea Islands	1983	1905	Plain glossy red coating	Red
67802A	Unknown	159	133	Red/yellow stripe pattern	Red	Red
73329	Tahiti	2340	1570	Brown pattern/tassles on undyed background	Brown
98041	Unknown	2915	945	Plain red-brown	Red-brown	Red-brown

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