Bark cloth, siapo
Artist
Samoa
Date1892-93
MediumPaper mulberry bark, dye
ClassificationsMaterials
Credit LineBequest of Carrie Ormsbee
Object number1936.67.7
DescriptionDark brown and black wavy small squares separated by checkers and diamond pattern. Main design of wheels or spider-like figures. Border of saw-tooth pattern. Repeated pattern of two "sun" circles or pandanus leaf patterns in a square, some contain triangles, also, surrounded by checkerboard and trochus shell (diamond-shaped) pattern. Three edges have a border containing triangles that look like they are taken from a weaving pattern. Brown and black. Hand painted. In one corner the circle motif is different: has nine points instead of "legs" protruding from circle. Two line inscription in one section of diamonds.
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