Tribal Art & Antiquities - 20 Sep 2017
A Samoa tapa cloth Polynesia decorated squares of geometric designs
A Samoa tapa cloth
Polynesia
decorated squares of geometric designs,
191 x 220cm.
Provenance
Dr Elizabeth Spillius, London.
Collected whilst in Tonga between 1958 - 60, where she was studying Polynesian monarchy and kinship in collaboration with Queen Salote.