11 abr 1850 año - Hiapo (tapa)

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tapa/bark cloth, freehand painting, also stamping??
Niue
at the time (Lapitas) artists were part of a priestly class
Social Structure: at top= divinely sanctioned chiefs, nobility, and Artists
values in genealogical depth- lineage and links to god(s)
MANA= supernatural power associated w/ high rank, divinity, maintenance of social order/reproduction

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