Bark Cloth

83-30-1

From: Samoa Islands

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 83-30-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Samoa Islands
Date Made ca. 1930-1931
Section Oceanian
Materials Bark Cloth | Pigment
Description

Bark cloth (siapo) with pattern in light brown, made by rubbing on a design tablet: rows of four-lobed figures framed by parallel diagonal lines. Overpainted with shiny dark brown, covering the diagonal lines, and the background of the four-lobed figures, in alternate rows. Poor condition.

Length 148.5 cm
Width 129.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Martin J. Sweeney, Jr., 1983

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