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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Samoan
Title:Tapa Cloth (siapo)
Date Made:n.r.
Type:Clothing
Materials:mulberry bark; dyes
Place Made:Oceania; Polynesia; Samoa
Measurements:Overall: 34 in x 41 in; 86.4 cm x 104.1 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1948.50.a
Credit Line:Gift of Sidney S. Williston
Access Restrictions:Offsite - unavailable
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College

Description:
Large piece of tapa (bark cloth) with foliate designs in rectangles, alternately yellow and dark brown, each rectangle having a border of hatched design

Tags:
geometry; patterns; ceremonies

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