Object Number | 97-120-589 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Samoa Islands |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Bark Cloth | Pigment |
Description | Natural color bark cloth with rubbed linear pattern (upeti) and dark brown freehand over painting. Border without pigment. Man’s garment (malo). Acquired during the United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) by Titian R. Peale. “Tapa dress [garment]. (Man’s).” on Peale list. |
Length | 194 cm |
Width | 176 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
Other Number | L-120-589 - Old Museum Number | 10622 - ANSP Number |
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