jan 8, 1281 - Hiapo
Description:
Tapa or bark cloth, freehand paintingNiue
Niue is an island country south of Samoa. Little is known about early Niuean bark cloth or hiapo, as represented by the illustration depicted below. Niueans first contact with the west was the arrival of Captain Cook, who reached the island in 1774. No visitors followed for decades, not until 1830, with the arrival of the London Missionary Society.
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Date:
jan 8, 1281
Now
~ 745 years ago