Bark cloth, siapo
Artist
Samoa
Date1892-93
MediumPaper mulberry bark
ClassificationsMaterials
Credit LineBequest of Carrie Ormsbee
Object number1936.67.8
DescriptionSquare "spindle and disk pattern". Four squares across divided by two bands having patterns of x's and scallops. Borders of white; one with diagonal lines. Motifs and lines hand painted in dark brown over pattern made by rubbing on a design tablet. Ecru, brown and black. Tablet design coincides with the length of the sheet.On View
Not on viewCollections
SAMOAN OR TONGAN
Hawaii
