Large painted tapa cloth. Design is painted in a grid of 6 rows long by 3.5 rows wide. Almost entire cloth is stamped with dense designs in a reddish brown pigment. Darker designs are painted over that. Lower layer shows light brown wavy and diagonal lines, boxed circles, flowers, etc. Of the more dominant grid patterns, the top band is split in two with a small square of hearts one side and a square formed from triangles on the other; the next band shows designs made from diamonds and flattened triangles; the next shows an oval, formed by two crescent shapes, in between two single crescents with a four pointed star and a diamond on either side. The three bands then repeat again. The rough, frayed edges of the textile are unpainted.

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• Type of Item tapa cloth
• Culture Samoan
• Material pigment, paper mulberry bark, paint
• Measurements height 158.0 cm, width 138.0 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Anne Piternick
• Received from Anne Piternick

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• Made in Samoa

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• Ownership Date before April 8, 2015
• Acquisition Date on April 8, 2015

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• Item Classes textiles
• Condition fair
• Accession Number 3103/0029