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Object Number
27-5-70/D2994.1
Display Title
Small fragments in plastic bag from object 27-5-70/D2994
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Kapa Moe
Object Description
Five layer kapa moe (sleeping cloth); individual cloths joined by stitching with a fine plied uncolored commercially spun sewing thread in long uneven running stitches; cloths folded at joined edge in the traditional manner (see Kooijman, Tapa in Polynesia, pp. 168-9)--kilohana layer and two uncolored cloths folded together at the front, two remaining uncolored cloths folded together behind; all five cloths rather thick with a somewhat crisp hand; cloths roughly pounded although bark fibers well macerated and enmeshed; all cloths "watermarked" throughout with indistinctly patterned beater impressions; manufacture related foldlines present in all; all cloth edges retain a natural pounded edge finish, or are cut straight, apparently a feature of original manufacture; only the [see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description
Small fragments in plastic bag from object 27-5-70/D2994
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
Hawaii
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37-9-70/489 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 76-51-70/11012 | Sleeping cloth of five kapa sheets |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 85-7-70/37611 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Honolulu County
| |
| 56-41-70/3800.2 | Piece of red tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Papeete
| |
| 94-10-70/48375 | Kapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii County
| |
| 00-8-70/55415.1 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Aitutaki
| |
| 14-38-30/85947 | Tunic, feathered |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca
| |
| 67-9-70/120 | Fine tapa fragment |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 29-63-70/D3340A | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 67-9-70/118 | Decorated kapa fragment |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 90-17-70/48433.3 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 99-1-70/52212 | Tapa cloth, white |
Tapa
|
Hawaii County?
|