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Samoan, Samoa

Textile fragment, early 1800s - early 1900s

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Samoan

Title

Textile fragment

Year

early 1800s - early 1900s

Medium

Beaten bark fiber, burnishing with pigment and freehand painting

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • bark,
  • pigment

Techniques

  • beaten bark cloth

Dimensions

Length: 88.9 cm (35 inches)

Place

Samoa

Type

  • Textiles

Credit

Museum Collection

Object Number

46.328C

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Cloth Without Weaving

November 1, 2000 - February 18, 2001

Siapo tasina is the Samoan term for the fine line patterning produced when barkcloth is rubbed on a upeti, or design board. Early, delicately constructed design boards were made from the ribs of leaves, sewn into geometric patterns and mounted on wood. Leaf upeti were used until the 1930s, when wooden boards carved by men became predominant. This shift in technique also meant that men became involved in the design phase for the first time. The upeti technique is combined here with overpainting of the borders and the scattered circles and bars.

Pacific Islands Tapa Cloth

July 17 - October 18, 1992

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