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Tapa Cloth

Samoan, 1933-1966

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Samoan

Tapa Cloth

Samoan, 1933-1966

Physical Qualities Bark, pigments, 55 1/8 x 50 3/8 in. (140 x 128 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of the Wittmann Family Trust, from the Collection of Robert M. Pierpont
Object Number 1999.503
9 strips of design enclosing painted triangles, floral shapes, triangles, and lines of checks, hatching, 'x' and 'o'; created with a pattern board.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift 1999; The Wittman Family Trust, from the collection of Robert M. Pierpont.

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