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Object Number 90-17-70/48435.6
Display Title Kapa
Descriptions
Object Description Medium-brown kapa with ribbed linear beater patterning. Additional object description notes under Conservation.
Inventory Description Tapa, folded, brown with textured mesh pattern, holes, 1 burn hole
Classification
  • Tapa
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Dimensions Overall: 130 x 198 cm (51 3/16 x 77 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 90-17-70/48435.6

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