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Object Number
990-12-70/5772
Display Title
Bark cloth cut section
Descriptions
Object Description
Bark cloth cut section. Siapo vala. Medium-weight decorated section from a larger cloth of evenly beaten inner bark fibers; two layers, grain direction perpendicular face and rear. Surface decorated by rubbing over a wood design tablet in a matte gray-brown paint, repeating design; freehand overpainting of triangles and lines in a glossy red-brown paint. If a Samoan cloth, it would be referred to as a siapo. Three raw edges and one cut edge. Similar in design to 5770-71 and 5773-75; coloration is slightly warmer. Cloth appears older than the other fragments mentioned above.
Inventory Description
Tapa cloth, rectangular, painted black and brown linear designs
Classification
- Tapa
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Samoa
Dimensions
Overall: 130.81 x 67.31 cm (51 1/2 x 26 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Donor
Richard Brakeley Hutchins
(9/7/90)
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