SIAPO [0012]
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Author:
Griffis, Joan
Reference Number: 0012
Document Type: Slide
Category: Art - Oceania, Tapa - Samoan Islands
Date: 1967
Location: Tutuila, American Samoa
Notes:
"The dye is applied with a straw broom like applicator or as here with a piece of burlap. The dye is thick and almost paste like so water is mixed as the dye is applied. The dye is applied to the cloth not the board. It is applied a little at a time and then carefully rubbed in the cloth." --Joan Griffis
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Slide record edited by dawrs at 2009-11-13 12:08:04
Reference Number: 0012
Document Type: Slide
Category: Art - Oceania, Tapa - Samoan Islands
Date: 1967
Location: Tutuila, American Samoa
Notes:
"The dye is applied with a straw broom like applicator or as here with a piece of burlap. The dye is thick and almost paste like so water is mixed as the dye is applied. The dye is applied to the cloth not the board. It is applied a little at a time and then carefully rubbed in the cloth." --Joan Griffis
Comments: None [add]
Slide record edited by dawrs at 2009-11-13 12:08:04