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Object Number
99-15-70/53890
Display Title
Piece of unfinished tapa
Descriptions
Object Description
Piece of unfinished tapa. A light weight, diaphanous, finely pounded cloth formed from a single layer of off-white colored inner bark. The grain direction of the bark fibers runs parallel to the longest dimension of the cloth. The two long sides of the cloth exhibit a natural pounded edge. The edges of the two shorter sides of the cloth appear to have been cut. Manufacture related bisecting horizontal and vertical fold lines are present throughout. Many natural branch related holes also occur throughout.
A rubbed design in light yellow-brown and black-brown dye-like colorant has been applied to one side of the cloth. The colorant penetrates the bark fibers and is visible, nearly as clearly, on the reverse of the cloth. No beater marks are evident.
Inventory Description
Tapa, fine buff, many holes, brown geometric band design
Classification
- Tapa
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Samoa
Materials
Tapa, Dye?, Pigment?, Inner bark fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 118 x 53 x 0.1 cm (46 7/16 x 20 7/8 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53890
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99-15-70/53889.1 | Lau'a, tapa in process of manufacture |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 18-20-70/D1149 | Hand-painted loincloth |
Tapa
|
New Britain
| |
| 94-10-70/48375 | Kapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii County
| |
| 48-49-70/2922 | Piece of tapa - white with brown designs |
Felted
|
Samoa
| |
| 67-9-70/122 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 99-15-70/53889.3 | Tapa in the process of manufacture |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 32-62-70/D4113 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 56-41-70/3800.2 | Piece of red tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Papeete
| |
| 00-8-70/55415.1 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Aitutaki
| |
| 99-15-70/53889.4 | Lau'a, tapa in process of manufacture |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 99-15-70/53889.2 | Lau'a, tapa in process of manufacture |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 67-9-70/120 | Fine tapa fragment |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
|