Bark painting

Museum number:
11-39455.1
Permalink:
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Description:
Tapa (barkcloth); 2 different sheets pasted together; lower sheet with reddish brown triangle patterns rubbed on; upper sheet painted with black and reddish brown in a design with a wide border and central square divided into 8 triangles filled with plant patterns
Collection place:
Maupavanga Village, Samoa
Verbatim coll. place:
Samoa
Culture or time period:
Samoan
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bark paintings
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
length 75.5 centimeters and width 74 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bark painting, accession number 11-39455.1, described as Tapa (barkcloth); 2 different sheets pasted together; lower sheet with reddish brown triangle patterns rubbed on; upper sheet painted with black and reddish brown in a design with a wide border and central square divided into 8 triangles filled with plant patternsHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bark painting, accession number 11-39455.1, described as Tapa (barkcloth); 2 different sheets pasted together; lower sheet with reddish brown triangle patterns rubbed on; upper sheet painted with black and reddish brown in a design with a wide border and central square divided into 8 triangles filled with plant patterns

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