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Object Number 92-4-70/48376
Display Title Strip of tapa
Descriptions
Object Description Strip of tapa. Off white medium-weight of pounded/beaten inner bark fibers likely paper mulberry; two layers felted and/or adhered. Freehand painted .75-1.0 cm wide linear decoration in reddish brown resinous paint on one side. Three rough/raw edges and one long cut edge. Cut edge indicates that this strip was part of a much larger piece; evidence of reddish dye-colorant on the straight long cut edge. The catalogue number 48376 is written in red paint in two locations
Inventory Description Tapa cloth, narrow strip, painted brown linear design
Classification
  • Tapa
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Samoa
Dimensions Overall: 30 x 165 cm (11 13/16 x 64 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48376
Provenance
Donor Donated by Mrs. E. A. Stoddard

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