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Object Number
90-17-70/48431
Display Title
Kapa
Descriptions
Object Description
Tapa cloth, possibly a section of a malo, or man's loin cloth. Medium weight cloth of a single layer of minimally pounded light brown inner bark fibers with an overall liner-applied decoration in matte black and orange-brown colorants. Additional notes under conservation.
Inventory Description
Tapa, rectangular strip, tan with brown and black stripes, 1 end sewn with fiber
Classification
- Tapa
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Zealand
/
<State>
/
Aitutaki
Additional Geographic Terms
Hervey Group
Dimensions
Overall: 128.5 x 30.7 cm (50 9/16 x 12 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
48431
Provenance
Provenance
American Antiquarian Society
(1890)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67-9-70/118 | Decorated kapa fragment |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 67-9-70/122 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 94-10-70/48375 | Kapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii County
| |
| 90-17-70/48434.1 | Man's loincloth |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 18-20-70/D1149 | Hand-painted loincloth |
Tapa
|
New Britain
| |
| 67-9-70/120 | Fine tapa fragment |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 71-8-70/2899 | Small kapa cloth sample |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 90-17-70/48435.4 | Barkcloth |
Tapa
|
Hawaii?
| |
| 67-10-70/324 | Barkcloth |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 00-8-70/55415.1 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Aitutaki
| |
| 56-41-70/3800.2 | Piece of red tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Papeete
| |
| 90-17-70/48433.3 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
|