Bark cloth, or siapo
Artist
Samoa
Date1892 - 93
MediumPaper mulberry bark, natural dyes
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of Carrie Ormsbee
Object number1979.27.11
DescriptionLong strip divided by strips of "net" motif into 5 sections. Each containing 5 designs of a filled in circle encased in dots or a filled in circle (sometimes with a hole in the center) with 6 - 8 dotted legs. Both suggested by Kooijman to be sun symbols (p. 242 & 245). two short edges boarded with triangular design. Long edges bordered in thin black strip painted over (/) brown strip. All other designs done in just black. Hand painted.On View
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