Bark Cloth

Table Mat (uncertain)

2003-33-29

From: Samoa Islands

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 2003-33-29
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Samoa Islands
Section Oceanian
Materials Bark Cloth | Pigment
Technique Beaten | Painted
Description

Round bark cloth with dark brown overpainting and scalloped edge. Bold, freepainted design (siapo mamanu) which became popular after the 1920s.

Length 114 cm
Width 94 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1995.X.16473 - Other Number | CIVIC1995.X.16473 - Other Number

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