artefacts - Samoa
4 item(s) found:
Four (4) spears. Samoa and Vanuatu. All with finely carved barbed tips. 153, 197, 220 and 235 cm
Two (2) Tapa cloth beaters. Samoa. Used to beat bark into tapa cloth for traditional clothing, sails and so on. 35 and 36 cm
A Siapo Mamanu tapa (bark) cloth, Samoa, 164 x 178 cm
Tapa cloth tent, Samoa. late 19th century bark, the main body decorated with geometric patterns, the ends with a finely detailed border. 700 x 500 cm approx.