Rubbing Board for Tapa Cloth
Unidentified Samoan maker
collected 1968
Pine wood
Overall: 27 15/16 × 11 × 13/16 in. (71 × 28 × 2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
168.80.24418
Geography
Place Made: Samoa, Polynesia, Oceania
Place Made: Savaiʻi Island, Western Samoa, Polynesia, Oceania
Period
20th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Textileworking
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by E. Fred Schroeder, Jr., Rockey River, Ohio (Dartmouth Class of 1967), Samoa, 1968; sold to present collection, 1968.
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