Bark cloth, or siapo
Artist
Samoa
Date1892-93, if Ormsbee
MediumPaper mulberry bark
ClassificationsMaterials
Credit LineOrmsbee Collection
Object number1994.17.38
DescriptionIntermittantly very thin tapa divided into five sections by design; pattern of alternating sections. Long strip divided by strips of "net" motif into 5 sections. Each containing five designs of a filled-in circle encased in dots or a filled-in circle (sometimes with a hole in the center) with six to eight dotted legs. Both suggested by Kooijman to be sun symbols (p. 242 & 245). Two short edges bordered with triangle design. Long edges bordered in thin black strip painted over brown strip. All other designs done in jet black. Handpainted.On View
Not on viewCollections
Philippines
INDONESIA
