Tapa; yellowed; black and brown pigments; deign with field divided into 3 lengthwise bands containing isolated bat motifs and clusters of small geomatic shapes in circular or bilateral patterns; old wedding cloth, made pre-1941; “Alamanu” printed on cloth is apparently a corruption of “Alamand”; apparently signed by the maker (signature: “Alaini”?)
Collection place:
Samoa
Verbatim coll. place:
Samoa
Culture or time period:
Samoan
Materials:
Tapa (bark cloth)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1975-1976 #72: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (April 19, 1976–September 14, 1976)