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Object Number 69-20-70/1271
Display Title Tapa
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Tapa or Kapa
Inventory Description Tapa cloth, rectangular, hole in center, natural color, plain
Classification
  • Tapa
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Dimensions Overall: 80.5 x 49.5 cm (31 11/16 x 19 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Lender Boston Marine Society (1869)

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