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Accession No	1802.332
Name/Title	TAPA: SIAPO TASINA or SIAPO ELEI
Brief Description	Barkcloth (tapa) made from inner bark paper mulberry tree (Broussonetia papyrifera); brown dye; siapo tasina or siapo elei, Samoan barkcloth patterned from a design tablet, emphasised with freehand overpainting with a black and brown resinous glaze of o'a sap mixed with charcoal from lama nut kernels. Border of brownish/black dye; complex pattern over body of cloth divided into 100 squares (10x10) of lines and zig-zags with overpainting of lines. semi-circles and circles with central slot, brown dye used with pattern board. . .
Classification	Household Accessory/Furnishings/Nomenclature
Primary Prod Place	Samoa
Measurement Reading	193.5 x 195.5cm

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