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Siapo (tapa cloth)

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NameSiapo (tapa cloth)

Production1890s; Sāmoa

Classificationtextiles

Materialstapa, bark cloth, dye

DimensionsOverall: 1520mm (width), 1780mm (length)

Registration NumberFE003511/1

Credit lineGift of Mrs Lorna A Crawford, 1961

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Category

Made of: tapa
bark cloth
dye
Type of: textiles
Refers to: beating
Depicts: Textiles
Influenced by: Polynesian
Oceanic
Sāmoan

Place

Made in: Sāmoa
Influenced by: Sāmoa

People & Organisations

Belonged to: Reverend Archibald ErnestHunt