Samoan
Tapa Cloth
Samoan, 1919-1948
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Samoan
Tapa Cloth
Samoan, 1919-1948
Physical Qualities
Bark, pigment, 118 1/8 x 78 3/4 in. (300 x 200 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dale C. Brumbaugh, Baltimore
Object Number
1996.131
Straight dark brown painted lines define 5 columns and 8 rows; complex patterns are created with design board and overpainting; designs easiest to see are in columns 1 & 3 or 3 & 5 (left to right, or right to left) which contain 4-pointed stars alternately filled in with dark brown, or as negative space defined by dark brown surround and filled with dark brown circular center and repeated, nested) (straight dark brown painted lines define 5 columns and 8 rows; complex patterns are created with design board and overpainting; designs easiest to see are in columns 1 & 3 or 3 & 5 (left to right, or right to left) which contain 4-pointed stars alternately filled in with dark brown, or as negative space defined by dark brown surround and filled with dark brown circular center and repeated, nested)
Red and brown pigments
The Matter of Bark Cloth
BMA Today, Issue 171, Summer 2023, cover and p. 2
