Bark Cloth
Table Mat (uncertain)
2003-33-29
From: Samoa Islands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| 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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