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Object Number
76-51-70/11012
Display Title
Sleeping cloth of five kapa sheets
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Tapa or Kapa
Object Description
Tapa cloth. A five layer kapa moe (sleeping cloth). The five individual cloths are joined by stitching with strips of twisted kapa, along one long edge. Additional notes under conservation.
Inventory Description
Tapa cloth, rectangular, brown one side with natural floral design
Classification
- Tapa
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
Hawaii
Dimensions
Overall: 218 x 298 cm (85 13/16 x 117 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Collector
Francis Parkman
(1868 - Nov. 20, 1876)
Donor
Francis Parkman
(1868 - Nov. 20, 1876)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85-7-70/37611 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Honolulu County
| |
| 37-9-70/489 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 90-17-70/48433.4 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 94-10-70/48375 | Kapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii County
| |
| 99-1-70/52212 | Tapa cloth, white |
Tapa
|
Hawaii County?
| |
| 90-17-70/48431 | Kapa |
Tapa
|
Aitutaki
| |
| 90-17-70/48435.4 | Barkcloth |
Tapa
|
Hawaii?
| |
| 90-17-70/48434.1 | Man's loincloth |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 67-9-70/118 | Decorated kapa fragment |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 90-17-70/48434.9 | Decorated kapa fragment with four smaller cut samples |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 85-7-70/37608 | Small booklet of cut kapa samples |
Book
|
Hawaii
| |
| 90-17-70/48435.6 | Kapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
|