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Description: | Bark cloth decorated by rubbing brown dye into the cloth on a carved board (siapo tasina). The pattern is on both sides and includes chevrons based on sewn pandanus leaves and flowers. It has painted highlights of discs and rectangles. The material is made from the bark of the Paper Mulberry which is stripped from tree saplings and beaten out in strips. Formerly in the collections of the London Missionary Society.
(one of ) Bundle of six Tapa cloths. Recent label ?(11) Bundle of bark cloths BM list 11?. Postcard stating that brought in 1896 by Miss E. Moore. Label in one corner. Notes. Fletcher notebook: mid November 1948 - Samoan siapas (bark cloths) from Miss Clarkson, Burscroft, Arthur?s Hill....
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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