Bark Cloth, Large panel of tapa cloth, 19th or early 20th century (CH 18421361)
Summary
Large panel of tapa cloth. Thick white fabric made from beaten bark, painted in rust and brown in design of three rows of rectangles enclosing striated angular forms. Rows are divided by stripes of diamond pattern.
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tapa cloth
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pattern designs
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artworks of samoa in the cooper hewitt smithsonian design museum
Date
2016
Source
Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
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Copyright info
public domain