Tapa, Rubbed and Painted

Unidentified Samoan maker

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Bark, brown dye, rubbed and freehand painted

Overall: 59 1/16 × 59 1/16 in. (150 × 150 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill

46.17.10198

Geography

Place Made: Samoa, Polynesia, Oceania

Object Name

Textile: Tapa

Research Area

Oceania

Not on view

Provenance

Clara G. and Frank C. Churchill, Lebanon, New Hampshire; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.

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