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Object Number
18-2-70/D1107
Display Title
Small booklet of kapa samples
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Tapa or Kapa
Object Description
Tapa Sample Book- Eleven pieces of tapa cloth with various patterns and prints. See the Conservation Record for additional description and details on manufacture and technology.
Inventory Description
Book, tapa samples, 11 sheets, bound at edge, some stamped and pigmented
Classification
- Book
Department
Ethnographic
Date
late 18th-early 19th Century
Culture
- Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
Hawaii
Materials
Tapa, Barkcloth
Dimensions
Overall: 19.4 x 17.3 x 0.4 cm (7 5/8 x 6 13/16 x 3/16 in.)
Distance (Tapa Sample Book sheets): 17.3 x 19.4 cm (6 13/16 x 7 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Collector
Mrs. Sidney Clementson
Donor
Mr. Sidney Clementson
(1918)
Donor
Mrs. Sidney Clementson
(1918)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85-7-70/37608 | Small booklet of cut kapa samples |
Book
|
Hawaii
| |
| 90-17-70/48436 | Book of kapa (tapa / bark cloth) sample pieces |
Book
|
Hawaii
| |
| 90-17-70/48434.9 | Decorated kapa fragment with four smaller cut samples |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 67-9-70/118 | Decorated kapa fragment |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 99-12-70/53541 | Head-piece in form of animal head covered with painted tapa |
Headband
|
Rapa Nui
| |
| 99-12-70/53543 | Anthropomorphic figure of bark cloth |
Sculpture
|
Rapa Nui
| |
| 90-17-70/48431 | Kapa |
Tapa
|
Aitutaki
| |
| 85-7-70/37623 | Tapa |
Book
|
Honolulu County
| |
| 2002.22.1 | Kapa, three mounted samples (i'e kuku wawahi, i'e kuku ho'opa'i, papa hole kua u |
Tapa
|
Captain Cook
| |
| 2002.22.2 | Kapa, three mounted samples (hohoha pepepi) |
Tapa
|
Captain Cook
| |
| 2002.22.3 | Kapa, two mounted samples (ko'eau, lau ma'u) |
Tapa
|
Captain Cook
| |
| 2002.22.4 | Kapa, two mounted samples (niho mano, pu'ili) |
Tapa
|
Captain Cook
|