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Description: | Samoan bark cloth. Strings are attached to the top two corners. The cloth is hand painted (siapo mananu) in brown with a geometric pattern of triangles and dots. A label is sewn onto the edge: 'Samoan Native Dress made of tree fibre'. The edges are cut into points. 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. Strings in top two corners. Label tacked on in other corner. 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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