SIAPO [0006]
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Author:
Griffis, Joan
Reference Number: 0006
Document Type: Slide
Category: Art - Oceania, Tapa - Samoan Islands
Date: 1967
Location: Tutuila, American Samoa
Notes:
"The pounding goes on until the bark is paper thin and very smooth. A log is often used at this stage of creating the cloth. The bark is pounded with a heavy wooden mallet." --Joan Griffis
Comments: None [add]
Slide record edited by dawrs at 2009-11-13 13:17:59
Reference Number: 0006
Document Type: Slide
Category: Art - Oceania, Tapa - Samoan Islands
Date: 1967
Location: Tutuila, American Samoa
Notes:
"The pounding goes on until the bark is paper thin and very smooth. A log is often used at this stage of creating the cloth. The bark is pounded with a heavy wooden mallet." --Joan Griffis
Comments: None [add]
Slide record edited by dawrs at 2009-11-13 13:17:59