Bark Cloth
2003-33-30
From: Samoa Islands (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Native Name | Siapo Tasina |
| Object Number | 2003-33-30 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Samoa Islands (uncertain) |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Bark Cloth | Pigment |
| Technique | Rubbed | Painted |
| Description | Rectangular bark cloth with repeated rubbed design made with upeti tablets. Dark brown overpainting in the pattern of flowers and leaves. Possibly a lavalava [skirt]. See Pritchard 1986: 64, 219. |
| Length | 182 cm |
| Width | 105 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number | 1995.X.16488 - Other Number | TS SP 53 - Other Number | CIVIC1995.X.16488 - Other Number |
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