SAMOAN TAPA CLOTH, SIAPO MAMANU
SAMOA
£875
African & Oceanic Art, Antiquities and Natural History
Auction: 5 May 2020 at 12:00 BST
Description
pigment on bark cloth, of rectangular form, with panels split into two triangles containing opposing breadfruit leaf motifs separated by borders of diamonds and parallel lines, painted freehand
Dimensions
210 x 170cm
Footnote
Provenance:
Private collection, United Kingdom, acquired by the family c. 1960’s and thence by descent.