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Bark cloth, siapo
Artist:
Samoa
Date: 1892-93
Medium: Paper mulberry bark, dye
Classification: Materials
Credit Line: Bequest of Carrie Ormsbee
Object number: 1936.67.7
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.
Two line inscription in one section of diamonds.
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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