Dress of siapo cloth, made from the inner bark of the Mulberry tree, with painted designs using geometric and plant motifs
- Title
- Dress of siapo cloth, made from the inner bark of the Mulberry tree, with painted designs using geometric and plant motifs
- LC Subject
- main garments
- Donor
- Christensen, Dr. B.
- Description
- Dress of siapo cloth, made from the inner bark of the Mulberry tree, with painted designs using geometric and plant motifs to create patterns in black, brown and clay red on natural white ground; elbow-length sleeves; ruffles on yoke; knee-length.
- Motif
- Geometric Plant Design
- Work Type
- dresses (garments)
- Location
- Samoa
- Date
- 1901/2000
- Identifier
- 1974.001.002
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Bark Cloth
- Technique
- Pounding the inner layer of tree bark into cloth Hand painted with natural derived paints
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
