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Accession No	1802.328
Name/Title	TAPA; Fa'ali'ao
Brief Description	Barkcloth (tapa) made from inner bark paper mulberry tree (Broussonetia papyrifera); brown dye; siapo mamanu, Samoan barkcloth with freehand painted patterns, black, brown, yellow and red dye. Check pattern of 35 (7x5) squares, each dissected into squares and some patterned with fa'ali'ao (trochus shell) motif. Plain border.
Classification	Household Accessory/Furnishings/Nomenclature
Primary Prod Place	Samoa
Measurement Reading	136.4 x 125.1cm

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