Bark cloth, siapo
Artist:
Samoa
Date: 1892-93
Medium: Paper mulberry bark
Classification: Materials
Credit Line: Bequest of Carrie Ormsbee
Object number: 1936.67.8
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.