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Samoan

Tapa Cloth

Samoan, 1920s-1940s

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Samoan

Tapa Cloth

Samoan, 1920s-1940s

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
Kevin Tervala, "The Matter of Bark Cloth," Baltimore Museum of Art, May 7-October 1, 2023.
BMA Today, Issue 171, Summer 2023, cover and p. 2

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