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(Stevenson, Robert Louis)
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Description
A Samoan tapa from the collection of Robert Louis Stevenson (approx. 24 x 19 1/2 in.; 610 x 495 mm), [c. 19th century]
framed with: Stevenson, Robert Louis. Portrait photograph (6 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.; 171 x 121 mm), inscribed and signed on the mount, Valima, Samoa, 1893; matted, framed and glazed (not examined out of frame).
framed with: Stevenson, Robert Louis. Portrait photograph (6 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.; 171 x 121 mm), inscribed and signed on the mount, Valima, Samoa, 1893; matted, framed and glazed (not examined out of frame).
Provenance
Tapa: Harold Marsh Sewell, American Consul General to Samoa, then by descent in his family, Bath, Maine
Catalogue Note
A fine Samoan tapa in good condition from the collection of Robert Louis Stevenson. The inscription on the photograph reads, "Adelaide Boodle with the kind regards of Robert Louis Stevenson, Valima 1893."