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Übersee-Museum Bremen Ethnographische Sammlungen Ozeanien [D10517]
D10517 Rindenbaststoff | siapo (Übersee-Museum Bremen CC BY-SA)
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D10517 tapa cloth | siapo

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Description

The siapo has a white base and is decorated with various patterns. It has long green stripes, long zigzag patterns and triangles. The patterns result from the outlines of the coloured parts. The siapo also has fringes. The used colours are green, red, black and brown.

Literature

  • Krämer, Augustin: Die Samoa-Inseln: Entwurf einer Monographie mit besonderer Berücksichtigung Deutsch-Samoas, Bd. 2, 1903.
  • Te Rangi Hiroa: Samoan Material Culture, 1930.
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