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Object Number
999-18-70/5841
Display Title
Barkcloth, tapa cloth, Samoan siapo
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Siapo tasina
Object Description
Siapo tasina.
Cloth is severely embrittled and damaged; dimension are approximate. Medium-weight cloth, two layers, pasted with overlapping joins. Decorated on one side, rubbed over a design tablet in a medium red-brown with freehand overpainting in a glossy black paint.
Inventory Description
Tapa, black linear designs
Classification
- Tapa
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Samoa
Dimensions
Overall: 120 x 225 cm (47 1/4 x 88 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 999-18-70/5833 | Barkcloth, tapa cloth, Samoan siapo |
Tapa
|
Oceania
| |
| 92-4-70/48378.2 | Tapa cloth sash of King's daughter |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 43-32-70/2249 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Pago Pago
| |
| 48-56-70/3129 | Tapa cloth with brown and black flower-like designs |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 37-50-70/617 | Large piece of tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa?
| |
| 92-4-70/48378.3 | Tapa cloth sash of King's daughter |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 967-32-70/4634 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Tonga
| |
| 997-25-70/5747 | Barkcloth (siapo) |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 48-56-70/3125 | Tapa cloth with brown and black geometric designs |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 99-15-70/53900 | Decorated tapa |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 2019.10.3 | Siapo (Samoan barkcloth) fragment |
Bark cloth
|
Samoa
| |
| 990-12-70/5772 | Bark cloth cut section |
Tapa
|
Samoa
|