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Tapa sash
Object Number 976-31-70/5482
Display Title Tapa sash
Descriptions
Object Description Bark cloth, light brown and yellow with dark brown splotches and a lightly imprinted design. 90 cm x 10 cm.
Inventory Description Tapa strip, rectangular, buff with imprinted and painted brown geometric designs
Classification
  • Tapa
Department Ethnographic
Date 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Materials Tapa, Pigment, Beaten inner bark fiber
Dimensions Overall: 90 x 11 cm (35 7/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 976-31-70/5482
Provenance
Collector Philip Dark (1970s)

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