Bark Cloth

29-58-25

From: Samoa Islands

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 29-58-25
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Samoa Islands
Section Oceanian
Materials Bark Cloth | Pigment | Glaze
Description

A glazed siapo, dark brown, with a large X-pattern in lighter colour. The crosses are filled with dark zigzag lines. The whole is divided into 4 panels by light-coloured zigzag stripes filled with dark croass hatching. On two egdes a light stripe filled with dark zigzag. Ribbed.

Length 232 cm
Width 158 cm
Credit Line Received from various sources, pre-1929

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