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Amami nioge (moköjö bineb’e, mi’ija’ahe, ije bi’weje, dubidubi’e, ohu’o sabu deje) - Cloth of the Ancestors (with chest feathers of the red parrot; animal bones; boys chopping tree branches; leaves of the dubi’e plant; and spots of the wood-boring grub)
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Barkcloth paint
The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase Stephanie H. Bernheim Gift 2025
Title: Amami nioge (moköjö bineb’e, mi’ija’ahe, ije bi’weje, dubidubi’e, ohu’o sabu deje) - Cloth of the Ancestors (with chest feathers of the red parrot; animal bones; boys chopping tree branches; leaves of the dubi’e plant; and spots of the wood-boring grub)
Description:
Barkcloth paint.
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