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<p>[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 542313, member: 45"]Yes, they are Samoan tapa, officially <i>siapo</i>, in Samoan. (And I especially like the second one, it's very graphic!)</p><p><br /></p><p>I certainly wouldn't call them tourist junk. Tourists do buy them, of course, but so do Samoans. Siapo is an appropriate gift for just about any occasion, and is a centuries-old Samoan art with a rich cultural heritage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, it's becoming almost a lost art today, since it is very time-consuming to produce, and takes a good deal of skill to make. Samoan siapo generally sells for more than comparable-sized tapa from Fiji or Tonga, but most people don't know the difference, and you see tapa cloth misidentified all the time on line, which makes it difficult to price accurately.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'd recommend the book <u>Siapo, Bark Cloth Art of Samoa</u>, by Mary J. Pritchard (the recognized authority on the topic, and one of the greatest siapo artists)...if you can find it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 542313, member: 45"]Yes, they are Samoan tapa, officially [I]siapo[/I], in Samoan. (And I especially like the second one, it's very graphic!) I certainly wouldn't call them tourist junk. Tourists do buy them, of course, but so do Samoans. Siapo is an appropriate gift for just about any occasion, and is a centuries-old Samoan art with a rich cultural heritage. Unfortunately, it's becoming almost a lost art today, since it is very time-consuming to produce, and takes a good deal of skill to make. Samoan siapo generally sells for more than comparable-sized tapa from Fiji or Tonga, but most people don't know the difference, and you see tapa cloth misidentified all the time on line, which makes it difficult to price accurately. I'd recommend the book [U]Siapo, Bark Cloth Art of Samoa[/U], by Mary J. Pritchard (the recognized authority on the topic, and one of the greatest siapo artists)...if you can find it.[/QUOTE]
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