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Bodice
Artist:
Samoa
Date: 1892-93
Medium: Tapa, hibiscus fiber
Classification: Costume
Credit Line: Gift of Carrie Ormsbee
Object number: 1931.3.24
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.
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