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Samoan

Tapa Cloth

Samoan, 1933-1966

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Samoan

Tapa Cloth

Samoan, 1933-1966

Physical Qualities Bark, pigments, 86 5/8 x 61 in. (220 x 155 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Dale C. Brumbaugh, Baltimore
Object Number 1996.133
Pattern created with 15 units of design board and overpainting; each unit contains 4-pointed star, diagonal bands in form of X, zigzag line top and bottom; each row of 5 units separated by row of diamonds. Red and brown pigments

Culture

Samoan

2000–2000

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