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Unknown Maker, Samoan

Long wrap skirt (lavalava),

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Samoan

Title

Long wrap skirt (lavalava)

Medium

bark fiber

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Beaten bark fiber,
  • freehand painting with cut border

Techniques

  • Beaten bark fiber,
  • freehand painting with cut border

Dimensions

120 x 165.1 cm (47 1/4 x 65 inches)

Place

Place Made: Samoa

Type

  • Textiles

Credit

Gift of Captain and Mrs. Robert Chew

Object Number

46.486

About

Long wrap skirt (lavalava)

Place Made: Samoa

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Cloth Without Weaving

November 1, 2000 - February 18, 2001

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Long wrap skirt (lavalava) with the accession number of 46.486. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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