Bark Cloth

2003-33-38

From: Samoa Islands (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Native Name Siapo
Object Number 2003-33-38
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Samoa Islands (uncertain)
Section Oceanian
Materials Bark Cloth | Pigment
Technique Beaten | Painted
Description

Large, white bark cloth with rubbed pattern, light brown pattern made with upeti design tablets. Dark brown overpainting in bold triangles of varying sizes and parallel lines.

Width 181 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1995.X.16474 - Other Number | CIVIC1995.X.16474 - Other Number

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