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LJ · 21st November 2014, 09:15 PM

I can't remember seeing tavatava like this before. Usually, I read it as zigzag lines, but looks like it has been conceived as a series of triangles (as you say, they have been punched.

I have however seen one sali with that diced pattern on the cheek - that one was probably brought from the Pacific in the early 1840s and was similarly a large and heavy example.

21st November 2014, 09:15 PM	#3
LJ Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 93	I can't remember seeing tavatava like this before. Usually, I read it as zigzag lines, but looks like it has been conceived as a series of triangles (as you say, they have been punched. I have however seen one sali with that diced pattern on the cheek - that one was probably brought from the Pacific in the early 1840s and was similarly a large and heavy example.