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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1980.38 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name barkcloth Description Barkcloth (siapo), large, rectangular sheet. Divided by reddish-brown lines into squares, alternate squares surrounded by circles and subdivided into smaller squares by black lines, the other squares with red lonzenges. The following words "Pelio, Eleni, Foieana, Fantamo" are written on the sheet in missionary script. Cut from a much bigger piece. Production place Polynesia, Samoa Production period 19th Century, late, 20th Century, early Material Paper mulberry bark, pigment Dimensions length: 140.00 cm width: 223.00 cm Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1980.38
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

barkcloth
Description

Barkcloth (siapo), large, rectangular sheet. Divided by reddish-brown lines into squares, alternate squares surrounded by circles and subdivided into smaller squares by black lines, the other squares with red lonzenges. The following words "Pelio, Eleni, Foieana, Fantamo" are written on the sheet in missionary script. Cut from a much bigger piece.
Production place

Polynesia, Samoa
Production period

19th Century, late, 20th Century, early
Material

Paper mulberry bark, pigment
Dimensions

Details