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Catalog Number

CAS 1991-0011-0014   CAS 1991-0011-0014; Cloth (lava lava)
Category Textiles
Object Name Cloth (lava lava)
Culture Polynesian: Samoan
Global Region Oceania
Country Samoa
State/Prov./Dist. American Samoa
County
Other Geographic Data Apia
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1970
Collection Name N/A
Materials Cotton
Description Commercially woven fabric, dyed deep yellow and hand stamped with a wide decorative border along one edge, showing solid triangles, diamonds, and other geometric design elements in black and brown.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 90.0, Length = 287.0