Shirt

Museum number:
11-39425
Permalink:
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Description:
Tapa; cut and sewn into a sleeveless blouse with narrow strips of fringe sewn onto neckline, bottom cut into fringe; light and dark brown pigments; design with field divided into large rectangles filled with diagonal, vertical and horizontal stripes; top of dancing girl’s costume
Collection place:
Utulei, Tutuila Island, American Samoa
Culture or time period:
Samoan
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blouses (main garments)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1975-1976 #72: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (April 19, 1976–September 14, 1976)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Shirt, accession number 11-39425, described as Tapa; cut and sewn into a sleeveless blouse with narrow strips of fringe sewn onto neckline, bottom cut into fringe; light and dark brown pigments; design with field divided into large rectangles filled with diagonal, vertical and horizontal stripes; top of dancing girl’s costumeHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Shirt, accession number 11-39425, described as Tapa; cut and sewn into a sleeveless blouse with narrow strips of fringe sewn onto neckline, bottom cut into fringe; light and dark brown pigments; design with field divided into large rectangles filled with diagonal, vertical and horizontal stripes; top of dancing girl’s costume

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