Design tablet

Design tablet

Design tablet

Artist: Samoa
Date: 1892-93
Medium: Pandanus leaf, sennit cord
Classification: Tools and Equipment
Credit Line: Bequest Carrie Ormsbee
Object number: 1936.67.2
DescriptionFor bark cloth (upeti). Six sections. Relief pattern of narrow strips of bamboo and fiber string. Edged in sennit cord, with loops on long edges. Used in decorating bark cloth by the rubbing method.
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