Bodice
Artist
Samoa
Date1892-93
MediumTapa, hibiscus fiber
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineGift of Carrie Ormsbee
Object number1931.3.24
DescriptionEuropean style dress bodice of rubbed tapa (siapo) cloth with fiber layers stiched on. Scooped neck, arms have 7" fiber streamers set in. Six sets of hooks and eyes fastening front together. Pattern one of row of red-dyed fiber alternating with three of natural color. Hooks and eyes covered with row of bows.On View
Not on viewCollections
c. 1880
c 1860 or 1895-1900
c. 1854
1842
1870-1874
c. 1880