Dress

Description

Chief's dress or lava-lava of white barkcloth decorated in dark brown with zigzags and small figures: Polynesian, Samoa

Museum reference

A.1928.228

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Dress, Lava-lava

Production information

Samoa, Samoan Islands, Polynesia

Materials

Barkcloth

Physical description

White barkcloth painted in dark brown with zigzags and small figures

Exhibitions

• Facing the Sea (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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