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An impressive Samoan Royal Marriage Tapa cloth, Early 19th…
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Auckland
Date:
14-Jul-2011
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An impressive Samoan Royal Marriage Tapa cloth, Early 19th century, the finely worked cloth incorporating a fusion of Tongan, Samoan and Fijian styles. The Tongan style of block patterning is overpainted with Samoan siapo dots and framed by a traditional Fijian Masi Kesa boarder W.6.5m. Length 8m Provenance: From the Berryman collection, Australia. Originally collected from the descendant of an early whaler
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Unclassified