Bark Cloth
2003-33-7
From: Samoa Islands | Fiji Islands (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Native Name | Siapo |
| Object Number | 2003-33-7 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Samoa Islands | Fiji Islands (uncertain) |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Bark Cloth | Pigment |
| Technique | Beaten | Painted |
| Description | Large, white bark cloth with bold, free-painted design featuring plants, a sun pattern, and a rigid border. In the style of siapo mamanu. Design alterations can be seen through black paint. Three edges have yellow fringe. Possibly lavalava [skirt]. Collected by Levering. |
| Length | 304 cm |
| Width | 230 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number | 1995.X.16476 - Other Number | TS SP 52 - Other Number | CIVIC1995.X.16476 - Other Number |
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