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Bark cloth or siapo
Artist:
Samoa
Date: 1892-1893
Medium: Paper mulberry bark
Classification: Materials
Credit Line: Bequest Carrie Ormsbee
Object number: 1936.67.5
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.
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In Collection(s)
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