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Description: | Bark cloth painted freehand - siapo mananu, in red, black and yellow with triangles (trochus shell pattern) with a net pattern in the centre. The edges are cut in points. A label is sewn on inscribed: 'Samoan Dress. Made of tree fibre.' Formerly in the collections of the London Missionary Society.
(one of ) Bundle of six Tapa cloths. Cotton loop at one corner - label at bottom corner. Recent label ?(11) Bundle of bark cloths BM list 11?. Postcard stating that brought in 1896 by Miss E. Moore
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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