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Painted Bark Cloth (Siapo)

Uvean

Painted Bark Cloth (Siapo)

Wallis and Futuna Islands, 1939

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Uvean

Painted Bark Cloth (Siapo)

Wallis and Futuna Islands, 1939

Physical Qualities Bark cloth, pigment, 90 9/16 x 52 5/8 in. (230 x 133.7 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of James J.O. Anderson, Baltimore
Object Number 1988.162
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift 1988; James J.O. Anderson, by gift, in Wallis Island 1942.
Kevin Tervala, "Oceanic Art at The Baltimore Museum of Art," Tribal Arts Magazine 104 (Summer 2022): 106-113. Illustrated on pg. 107.

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