Tribal Art & Antiquities - 20th September 2017
Lot 638
A Samoa tapa cloth Polynesia decorated squares of geometric designs
Estimate £100 - £200 | Hammer £350
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Description
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.