Bark cloth, or tapa
Artist
Samoa
Datelate 19th C.
MediumPaper mulberry bark
ClassificationsMaterials
Credit LineGift of Hon. H. C. Ide
Object number1994.17.60
DescriptionThirty alternatiing rectangles of irregular "starfish" or pinwheels and broken Maltese crosses. Geomettic dividers and borders including "trochus" or diamond motif. Handpainted. brown, black, yellow.Remarks: written on cloth: "bark cloth, Samoa, The gift of Hon. H. C. Ide"
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