Title
Bunk Curtain
DateCirca 1900
Mediumrope
Dimensions14 × 75 in. (35.6 × 190.5 cm)
Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer
Object number2001.100.2398
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionAn unmarked elaborate fringed valence of rope work (fishing line) for bunk. There are four lines of geometric pattern at the top with the bottom fringed. The curtain is similar in appearance to Fijian sinnet fiber skirts.On View
Not on view1745-1925
late 18th Century-19th Century
late 18th Century-19th Century
