Bark cloth or siapo
Artist
Samoa
Date1892-1893
MediumPaper mulberry bark
ClassificationsMaterials
Credit LineBequest Carrie Ormsbee
Object number1936.67.5
DescriptionBordered in pale red and herringbone pattern. Blue, red, yellow, black diamond and star figues. 15 boxes containing diamonds or "starfish" patterns (alternating). Two dividers and two borders contain "trochus" or hour-glass motif. Triangles cut into edges. Hand painted, black, red, blue and yellow.On View
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