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Object Number
999-18-70/5833
Display Title
Barkcloth, tapa cloth, Samoan siapo
Descriptions
Object Description
Tapa cloth. Siapo tasina
Cloth is very embrittled/fragile. Cloth appears to be of one or two medium-weight layers. Overall design, rubbed over a design tablet with a reddish brown paint; free-hand overpainting in a resinous brown.
Inventory Description
Tapa, rectangular with brown and black geometric designs on buff, degraded
Classification
- Tapa
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
Dimensions
Overall: 110 x 160 cm (43 5/16 x 63 in.)
Quantity
10
Label on object
999-18-70/5833
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 999-18-70/5841 | Barkcloth, tapa cloth, Samoan siapo |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 43-32-70/2249 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Pago Pago
| |
| 17-48-70/D791 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 29-63-70/D3340B | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 2000.16.1 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Tonga?
Samoa? | |
| 61-8-70/3939 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 54-29-70/3603 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 2000.16.3 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Tonga
Samoa? | |
| 12-35-70/84186 | Hand-painted circular tapa cloth, Siapo mamanu |
Tapa
|
Tutuila Island
| |
| 43-32-70/2248 | Decorated tapa |
Tapa
|
Pago Pago
| |
| 00-8-70/55346 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Eua Island
| |
| 997-25-70/5747 | Barkcloth (siapo) |
Tapa
|
Samoa
|