Artifact Number:
 02959

Object:
Barkcloth
Siapo

Material:
 plant (barkcloth)

Dimensions:
 2 m 70 cm x 2 m 5 cm

Origin:
 Samoa, Polynesia

Comments:
 Barkcloth w/ white background. Design applied freehand (siapo tusilima) w/ shiny brown (probably w/ o'a: brown dye from o'a tree) & yellow (probably lenga) paintings of faa gogo [4-petaled "flowers" (birds in wind], faa auupega (net), & probably faa atuloa (centipede). 1 sheet, 2 adhered layers. Severe insect damage in limited areas.

This object is associated with Bernice Pauahi Bishop

Collection Name: Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop Collection

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