Samoan Display Doll
Collection: Everyday Connections
Object Category: Dolls, Traditional Clothing and Adornment
Object Type: Display Dolls, Clothing
Country: Samoa
Continent: Asia
Geographic Region: Polynesia
Materials: Cotton, Plant Material
width: 6 in;
height: 12 in;
depth: 5 in
This Samoan doll could also be Hawaiian. She wears a hibiscus flower over her left ear. In Samoa, the red hibiscus is especially meaningful, bearing the name "Aute Samoa." The flower symbolizes beauty.
Her dress is batik, a fabric decorated through a wax-resist technique, indicating contact with Indonesia.
Source:
https://www.facebook.com/NPamericansamoa/posts/the-red-hibiscus-known-locally-in-both-samoan-islands-as-the-aute-samoa-is-a-bea/5301240859928555/