Tongan/Samoan Tapa Cloth, 1900

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A large Tongan/Samoan Tapa cloth, circa 1900, including snakes, a picket fence, fish and diamond motif, some holes as visible, 299 cm

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Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.

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